A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) strikes 112 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands (70 miles) on Tuesday. Exact location, longitude -65.196° West, latitude 19.3232° North, depth = 25 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/01/17 / 2017-01-17 06:09:22 / January 17, 2017 @ 6:09 am. The temblor was picked up at 02:09:22 / 2:09 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 25 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr17017002. Id of event: pr17017002.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 112 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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