A minor earthquake magnitude 3.58 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands. The temblor was reported at 03:11:55 / 3:11 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 134 km (83 miles). Exact location of event, depth 134 km, -64.6275° West, 18.4378° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2024345000. Id of event: pr2024345000. Global time and date of event 10/12/24 / 2024-12-10 03:11:55 / December 10, 2024 @ 3:11 am UTC/GMT.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Saint Croix, Culebra, Charlotte Amalie. Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 80 km (50 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 3 km (2 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 1 km (1 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 21 km NE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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