A minor earthquake magnitude 3.76 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 107 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands (66 miles). The 3.76-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:02:55 / 1:02 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/10/24 / 2024-10-28 01:02:55 / October 28, 2024 @ 1:02 am. Unique identifier: pr2024302000. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nnjg, pr2024302000. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 50 km (31 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 50 km, -64.4641° West, 19.2495° North.
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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: 107 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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