A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.42 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 21.62 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/10/24 / 2024-10-06 04:13:24 / October 6, 2024 @ 4:13 am. All ids that are associated to the event: pr71461883. Unique identifier: pr71461883. The temblor was picked up at 04:13:24 / 4:13 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.347833333333 West, latitude 18.799 North, depth = 21.62 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days one hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 69 km NE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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