A minor earthquake magnitude 3.66 (ml/mb) strikes 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Tuesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/05/24 / 2024-05-21 04:46:48 / May 21, 2024 @ 4:46 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 6 km (4 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -64.8543 West, latitude 19.1653 North, depth = 6 km. The temblor was reported at 04:46:48 / 4:46 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2024142000. Id of event: pr2024142000.
Nearby country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tortola (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days thirty-seven and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 91 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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