A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.18 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.542166666667 West, latitude 18.796 North, depth = 27.52 km. The temblor was picked up at 16:47:27 / 4:47 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/12/24 / 2024-12-11 16:47:27 / December 11, 2024 @ 4:47 pm. Unique identifier: pr71468288. Ids that are associated to the event: pr71468288. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 27.52 km (17 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 40 km (25 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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: 57 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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