A minor earthquake magnitude 3.68 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 133 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands (83 miles). The temblor was detected at 16:57:57 / 4:57 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.8206 West, latitude 19.5393 North, depth = 12 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 12 km (7 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/05/24 / 2024-05-23 16:57:57 / May 23, 2024 @ 4:57 pm. Event id: pr2024144000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000n0il, pr2024144000.
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 eleven, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 133 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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