A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.71 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2024191000. Unique identifier: pr2024191000. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 32 km (20 miles). The 3.71-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:31:27 / 1:31 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -64.4128 West, latitude 18.8541 North, depth = 32 km. Global time and date of event 09/07/24 / 2024-07-09 13:31:27 / July 9, 2024 @ 1:31 pm UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 50 km (31 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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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: 70 km NE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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