A minor earthquake magnitude 3.38 (ml/mb) strikes 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Wednesday. Exact location of event, depth 30.5 km, -64.972833333333° West, 18.871666666667° North. All ids that are associated to the event: pr71449868. Unique identifier: pr71449868. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 30.5 km (19 miles). The temblor was reported at 21:08:51 / 9:08 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/05/24 / 2024-05-22 21:08:51 / May 22, 2024 @ 9:08 pm.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 62 km (38 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Culebra, Cruz Bay, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days thirty-eight and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each 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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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: 58 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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