A minor earthquake magnitude 3.97 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 95 kilometers (59 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 71 km (44 miles). The 3.97-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:09:17 / 1:09 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/12/24 / 2024-12-01 01:09:17 / December 1, 2024 @ 1:09 am. Exact location of event, depth 71 km, -64.6655° West, 19.1841° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: pr2024336000. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2024336000.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Road Town, Tortola. Nearby country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days thirty-one, in the past 30 days sixty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 95 km N of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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