A minor earthquake magnitude 2.86 (ml/mb) strikes 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands on Wednesday. The temblor was reported at 19:37:13 / 7:37 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 2.3 km (1 miles). Unique identifier: pr71452438. Ids that are associated to the event: pr71452438. Global time and date of event 12/06/24 / 2024-06-12 19:37:13 / June 12, 2024 @ 7:37 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -64.609333333333 West, latitude 18.6215 North, depth = 2.3 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Event epicenter was 20 km (13 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 22 km (13 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town.
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 37 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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