A minor earthquake magnitude 3.39 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 103 km N of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands (64 miles). Global time and date of event 28/10/24 / 2024-10-28 08:49:59 / October 28, 2024 @ 8:49 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: pr71463953. Event ids that are associated: pr71463953. Exact location of event, depth 24.86 km, -64.7695° West, 19.269666666667° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 24.86 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.39-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:49:59 / 8:49 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 103 km N of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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