A minor earthquake magnitude 3.67 (ml/mb) strikes 93 kilometers (58 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands on Monday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 64 km (40 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 25/11/24 / 2024-11-25 00:32:00 / November 25, 2024 @ 12:32 am UTC/GMT. The 3.67-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:32:00 / 12:32 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr2024330000. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2024330000. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.464 West, latitude 19.1171 North, depth = 64 km.
Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 77 km (48 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days twenty-four, in the past 30 days sixty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 93 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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