A minor earthquake magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, Virgin Islands region (0 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -64.6395 West, latitude 19.1376 North, depth = 14 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.91-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:41:55 / 11:41 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2017133017. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2017133017. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/05/17 / 2017-05-13 23:41:55 / May 13, 2017 @ 11:41 pm.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seventy-two and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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