A minor earthquake magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 116 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands (72 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 84 km (52 miles). Event id: pr2019032000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019032000, us2000jbn3. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/02/19 / 2019-02-01 00:47:12 / February 1, 2019 @ 12:47 am. The temblor was picked up at 20:47:12 / 8:47 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 84 km, -65.0366° West, 19.1948° North.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days fifty-four and in the last 365 days five hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 116 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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