A minor earthquake magnitude 3.67 (ml/mb) strikes 98 kilometers (61 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands on Saturday. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nnbg, pr2024300000. Unique identifier: pr2024300000. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.5935 West, latitude 19.2028 North, depth = 22 km. The 3.67-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:48:52 / 11:48 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/10/24 / 2024-10-26 11:48:52 / October 26, 2024 @ 11:48 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 22 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the event was 85 km (53 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tortola (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 98 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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