A minor earthquake magnitude 3.41 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 53.71 km (33 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -64.9665° West, 18.7645° North, depth 53.71 km. The temblor was reported at 15:58:57 / 3:58 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr71457733. Ids that are associated to the event: pr71457733. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/08/24 / 2024-08-18 15:58:57 / August 18, 2024 @ 3:58 pm.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 53 km (33 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Culebra, Tortola, Road Town (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days ninety-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 46 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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