A minor earthquake magnitude 3.61 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands. Id of earthquake: pr2024350002. Event ids that are associated: pr2024350002. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/12/24 / 2024-12-15 07:20:55 / December 15, 2024 @ 7:20 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 17 km (11 miles). The 3.61-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:20:55 / 7:20 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.7113 West, latitude 18.7748 North, depth = 17 km.
The epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop). Close 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). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Culebra, Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days fifty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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