A minor earthquake magnitude 3.39 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 87 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands (54 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 11/05/18 / 2018-05-11 02:47:23 / May 11, 2018 @ 2:47 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 79 km, -65.1465° West, 19.1006° North. The temblor was reported at 22:47:23 / 10:47 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 79 km (49 miles). Event id: pr2018131002. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018131002.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventy-three 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. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 87 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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