A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.23 (ml/mb) was reported 147 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands (91 miles) on Friday. The 3.23-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:35:19 / 12:35 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 77 km (48 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 29/03/19 / 2019-03-29 04:35:19 / March 29, 2019 @ 4:35 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: pr2019088003. Event ids that are associated: pr2019088003. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -65.1033 West, latitude 19.662 North, depth = 77 km.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days four hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 147 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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