A minor earthquake magnitude 3.33 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. The temblor was detected at 07:22:10 / 7:22 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 25.57 km (16 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -65.028166666667 West, latitude 19.0045 North, depth = 25.57 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000n8y4, pr71458063. Unique identifier: pr71458063. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/08/24 / 2024-08-23 07:22:10 / August 23, 2024 @ 7:22 am.
The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cruz Bay, Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 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 eight, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days ninety-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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. 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: 74 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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