A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) was reported 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands on Wednesday. Exact location, longitude -64.712° West, latitude 18.7008° North, depth = 84 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2024234000. Unique identifier: pr2024234000. The epicenter was at a depth of 84 km (52 miles). The 3.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:45:36 / 2:45 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/08/24 / 2024-08-21 02:45:36 / August 21, 2024 @ 2:45 am.
Close 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). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Culebra, Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop).
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 ten, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 41 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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