A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.61 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands. Exact location of event, longitude -64.7068 West, latitude 19.0436 North, depth = 30 km. Id of earthquake: pr2024300002. Event ids that are associated: pr2024300002. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/10/24 / 2024-10-26 11:54:06 / October 26, 2024 @ 11:54 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 30 km (19 miles). The temblor was picked up at 11:54:06 / 11:54 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 68 km (42 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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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