A minor earthquake magnitude 3.32 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands. Global time and date of event 28/04/24 / 2024-04-28 13:36:10 / April 28, 2024 @ 1:36 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 70.79 km (44 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -64.622833333333° West, 18.1205° North, depth 70.79 km. The temblor was reported at 13:36:10 / 1:36 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71447028. Id of event: pr71447028.
Epicenter of the event was 46 km (28 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Culebra, Saint Croix, Charlotte Amalie. Country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-four, in the last 10 days twenty-seven, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
Did you feel the quake?
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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 29 km SE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands.
Copyright © 2024 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply