A minor earthquake magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 96 kilometers (60 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 29 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:01:54 / 9:01 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/11/24 / 2024-11-24 21:01:54 / November 24, 2024 @ 9:01 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2024329005. Unique identifier: pr2024329005. Exact location of event, depth 29 km, -64.566° West, 19.1801° North.
Earthquake epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Road Town, Tortola.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days twenty-four, in the past 30 days seventy and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 96 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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