A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.39 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.298166666667 West, latitude 18.6735 North, depth = 43.48 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/08/24 / 2024-08-12 12:27:18 / August 12, 2024 @ 12:27 pm. The 3.39-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:27:18 / 12:27 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: pr71457313. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71457313. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 43.48 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town (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). Epicenter of the event was 41 km (26 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 64 km NE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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