A minor earthquake magnitude 3.42 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 97 km N of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands (60 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 25/10/24 / 2024-10-25 22:12:25 / October 25, 2024 @ 10:12 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: pr71463553. Ids that are associated to the event: pr71463553. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.6195 West, latitude 19.192333333333 North, depth = 27.2 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 27.2 km (17 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 22:12:25 / 10:12 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 97 km N of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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