A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.09 (ml/mb) was reported 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands on Wednesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/09/24 / 2024-09-11 05:30:46 / September 11, 2024 @ 5:30 am. The temblor was reported at 05:30:46 / 5:30 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 27.18 km, -64.696333333333° West, 19.043333333333° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 27.18 km (17 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: pr71459748. Unique identifier: pr71459748.
Close 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 Cruz Bay, Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 80 km (50 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 three, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 79 km N of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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