A minor earthquake magnitude 3.84 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 151 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands (94 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 72 km (45 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -64.0418 West, latitude 19.4983 North, depth = 72 km. The temblor was reported at 23:41:07 / 11:41 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 16/09/20 / 2020-09-16 23:41:07 / September 16, 2020 @ 11:41 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: pr2020260017. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000bp7f, pr2020260017.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. 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: 151 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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