A minor earthquake magnitude 3.36 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands. Exact location of event, longitude -64.798666666667 West, latitude 19.084666666667 North, depth = 19.89 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 19.89 km (12 miles). The temblor was picked up at 20:13:18 / 8:13 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/11/24 / 2024-11-27 20:13:18 / November 27, 2024 @ 8:13 pm. Event id: pr71467018. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71467018.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Road Town, Tortola. Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 75 km (46 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twenty-eight, in the past 30 days sixty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 83 km N of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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