A minor earthquake magnitude 3.08 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 21.94 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: pr71468718. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71468718. The temblor was detected at 16:45:34 / 4:45 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/12/24 / 2024-12-16 16:45:34 / December 16, 2024 @ 4:45 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -64.843° West, 18.783166666667° North, depth 21.94 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Culebra, Cruz Bay, Charlotte Amalie. Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 46 km (28 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days seventy-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 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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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 49 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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