A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) was reported 98 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands (61 miles) on Monday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 20.16 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 20.16 km, -65.2043° West, 19.1916° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/01/17 / 2017-01-16 05:06:28 / January 16, 2017 @ 5:06 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007tg6. Id of event: us10007tg6. The 3.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:06:28 / 1:06 am (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 98 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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