A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.36 (ml/mb) was reported 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Christiansted in U.S. Virgin Islands on Sunday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/06/24 / 2024-06-09 22:47:46 / June 9, 2024 @ 10:47 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20.32 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 22:47:46 / 10:47 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.273166666667 West, latitude 18.095 North, depth = 20.32 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71452023. Id of event: pr71452023.
Country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charlotte Amalie, Saint Croix, Cruz Bay (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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