A minor earthquake magnitude 3.24 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 105 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands (65 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 65 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: pr2018075009. Event ids that are associated: pr2018075009. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/03/18 / 2018-03-16 23:38:32 / March 16, 2018 @ 11:38 pm. The 3.24-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:38:32 / 7:38 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 65 km, -65.0955° West, 19.2825° North.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days sixty-three and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 105 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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