A minor earthquake magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 80 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands (50 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -64.996 West, latitude 19.0666 North, depth = 61 km. The temblor was picked up at 21:01:07 / 9:01 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019063000. Unique identifier: pr2019063000. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 61 km (38 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 04/03/19 / 2019-03-04 01:01:07 / March 4, 2019 @ 1:01 am UTC/GMT.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days fifty-six and in the last 365 days five hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 80 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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