A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands on Tuesday. The temblor was reported at 07:01:36 / 7:01 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.1972 West, latitude 18.6826 North, depth = 35 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/09/24 / 2024-09-03 07:01:36 / September 3, 2024 @ 7:01 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us6000npfu. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000npfu. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cruz Bay, Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 51 km (32 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 74 km ENE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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