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Witness location : Northside (Virgin Islands (U.S.)) (10 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 19 min

Loudest quake I have ever experienced here in St. Thomas......sounded like an 18 wheeler headed for my hone Casa Jo Mama on Magen’s Bay !

Witness location : Northside (Virgin Islands (U.S.)) (11 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 31 min

Flt like a 7

Witness location : Charlotte Amalie (Virgin Islands (U.S.)) (13 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 22 min

I heard a voice like a boom from Northside of the island

Witness location : Northside (Virgin Islands (U.S.)) (14 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Was a good shake!

Witness location : Northside (Virgin Islands (U.S.)) (16 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 11 min

It felt like it was traveling from South to North. I was sitting in my house and I heard a sound like a big truck, then I felt and heard a tremor on the South side of the house, then then House shook, the windows and foundation of the house and below my feet all shook, then I felt and heard the tremor outside the North side of the house and then hesrd the tremor traveling more North with the tremors still rumbling below my feet. It actually caused my neighbor's feet to buckle from under her while she was outside in her garden on the south side of the house.

Witness location : Central (Virgin Islands (U.S.)) (31 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 61 min

Loud rumble from the northwest, followed/accompanied by sharp moderate shaking for 2 seconds that diminished over next 3 seconds.