A minor earthquake magnitude 3.52 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 97 kilometers (60 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands. The temblor was picked up at 03:12:25 / 3:12 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2024155000. Unique identifier: pr2024155000. Exact location of event, longitude -64.427 West, latitude 19.143 North, depth = 28 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 28 km (17 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 03/06/24 / 2024-06-03 03:12:25 / June 3, 2024 @ 3:12 am UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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: 97 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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