A minor earthquake magnitude 3.94 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 95 kilometers (59 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: pr2024299000. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2024299000. Exact location of event, longitude -64.6311 West, latitude 19.1786 North, depth = 19 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 19 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 11:17:49 / 11:17 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/10/24 / 2024-10-25 11:17:49 / October 25, 2024 @ 11:17 am.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 95 km N of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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