A minor earthquake magnitude 3.68 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 139 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands (86 miles). The temblor was detected at 02:41:40 / 2:41 am (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2024250000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2024250000. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 71 km (44 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/09/24 / 2024-09-06 02:41:40 / September 6, 2024 @ 2:41 am. Exact location of event, longitude -64.9466 West, latitude 19.6023 North, depth = 71 km.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 139 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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