A minor earthquake magnitude 3.53 (ml/mb) strikes 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands on Monday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 117 km (73 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/05/24 / 2024-05-27 14:10:45 / May 27, 2024 @ 2:10 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -64.024 West, latitude 18.4253 North, depth = 117 km. Unique identifier: pr2024148000. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2024148000. The temblor was detected at 14:10:45 / 2:10 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 61 km (38 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cruz Bay, Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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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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. 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: 82 km E of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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