A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.81 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands. Exact location of earthquake, -64.4833° West, 19.0268° North, depth 54 km. The 3.81-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:27:52 / 1:27 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 54 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/07/24 / 2024-07-24 13:27:52 / July 24, 2024 @ 1:27 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2024206003. Id of event: pr2024206003.
Earthquake epicenter was 67 km (41 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cruz Bay, Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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 sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 83 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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