A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 141 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands (88 miles) on Saturday. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:20:09 / 9:20 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/11/15 / 2015-11-29 01:20:09 / November 29, 2015 @ 1:20 am. Event id: pr15333005. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15333005. Exact location of event, longitude -65.2255 West, latitude 19.5883 North, depth = 62 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 62 km (39 miles).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days fourty-six and in the last 365 days five hundred and ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 141 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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