A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 134 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands (83 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/04/19 / 2019-04-11 06:44:30 / April 11, 2019 @ 6:44 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 56 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -65.175 West, latitude 19.5386 North, depth = 56 km. The temblor was reported at 02:44:30 / 2:44 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr2019101004. Event ids that are associated: pr2019101004.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days four hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 134 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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