A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.61 (ml/mb) was reported 98 kilometers (61 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands on Tuesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2024303001. Id of event: pr2024303001. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/10/24 / 2024-10-29 07:03:49 / October 29, 2024 @ 7:03 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 32 km (20 miles). The 3.61-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:03:49 / 7:03 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -64.5756° West, 19.1931° North, depth 32 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tortola. Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 84 km (52 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days twenty-four, in the past 30 days fourty and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. 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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