A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 103 kilometers (64 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands on Tuesday. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:55:11 / 8:55 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/09/24 / 2024-09-10 08:55:11 / September 10, 2024 @ 8:55 am. Exact location, longitude -64.2733° West, latitude 19.127° North, depth = 23 km. Unique identifier: pr2024254000. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2024254000. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 23 km (14 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 84 km (52 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 103 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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