A minor earthquake magnitude 3.84 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 93 kilometers (58 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands. Id of earthquake: pr2024310002. Event ids that are associated: us7000nq1w, pr2024310002. The epicenter was at a depth of 21 km (13 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/11/24 / 2024-11-05 12:43:32 / November 5, 2024 @ 12:43 pm. The 3.84-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:43:32 / 12:43 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 21 km, -64.3493° West, 19.065° North.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 75 km (46 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 76 km (48 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 93 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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