A minor earthquake magnitude 3.05 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 96 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands (60 miles). Exact location of event, depth 25 km, -65.0306° West, 19.2041° North. The temblor was picked up at 21:25:44 / 9:25 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 25 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/01/19 / 2019-01-15 01:25:44 / January 15, 2019 @ 1:25 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019015006. Id of event: pr2019015006.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days twenty-four, in the past 30 days fifty-five and in the last 365 days four hundred and ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 96 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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