A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands. The temblor was reported at 04:54:59 / 4:54 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/08/24 / 2024-08-28 04:54:59 / August 28, 2024 @ 4:54 am. Exact location of earthquake, -64.607333333333° West, 18.898166666667° North, depth 13.53 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71458418. Id of event: pr71458418. The epicenter was at a depth of 13.53 km (8 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 51 km (32 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 65 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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