A minor earthquake magnitude 3.37 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 27.01 km (17 miles). Unique identifier: pr71448458. Ids that are associated to the event: pr71448458. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/05/24 / 2024-05-12 16:29:01 / May 12, 2024 @ 4:29 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -65.161166666667 West, latitude 18.961666666667 North, depth = 27.01 km. The temblor was detected at 16:29:01 / 4:29 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cruz Bay, Culebra, Charlotte Amalie.
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days fourty-one and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 72 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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