A minor earthquake magnitude 3.74 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands. The epicenter was at a depth of 8 km (5 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -64.3851° West, 18.861° North, depth 8 km. The temblor was detected at 08:29:18 / 8:29 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000mwfx, pr2024126000. Unique identifier: pr2024126000. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/05/24 / 2024-05-05 08:29:18 / May 5, 2024 @ 8:29 am.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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 fifteen, in the last 10 days thirty-three, in the past 30 days thirty-seven and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 72 km NE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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