A minor earthquake magnitude 3.44 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. All ids that are associated to the event: pr71467338. Unique identifier: pr71467338. Global time and date of event 01/12/24 / 2024-12-01 00:12:57 / December 1, 2024 @ 12:12 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -64.795333333333° West, 19.142333333333° North, depth 64.18 km. The 3.44-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:12:57 / 12:12 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 64.18 km (40 miles).
The epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days thirty, in the past 30 days sixty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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 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: 89 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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