A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.74 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.649 West, latitude 19.1273 North, depth = 21 km. The temblor was reported at 19:58:39 / 7:58 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 28/10/24 / 2024-10-28 19:58:39 / October 28, 2024 @ 7:58 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: pr2024302002. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nnp0, pr2024302002. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 21 km (13 miles).
Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days thirty-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 89 km N of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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