A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands. Global time and date of event 13/08/24 / 2024-08-13 08:44:02 / August 13, 2024 @ 8:44 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.7636 West, latitude 19.0305 North, depth = 30 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2024226000. Id of event: pr2024226000. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 30 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 08:44:02 / 8:44 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 78 km (48 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). Nearby country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 77 km N of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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