A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) was reported 137 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands (85 miles) on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 94 km (58 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 00:46:49 / 12:46 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -65.1951 West, latitude 19.5611 North, depth = 94 km. Id of earthquake: pr2024319001. Event ids that are associated: pr2024319001. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/11/24 / 2024-11-14 00:46:49 / November 14, 2024 @ 12:46 am.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty-four, in the past 30 days fifty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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: 137 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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