A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.12 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Christiansted in U.S. Virgin Islands. Unique identifier: pr71468703. Ids that are associated to the event: pr71468703. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 97.43 km (61 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/12/24 / 2024-12-16 04:05:49 / December 16, 2024 @ 4:05 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.619833333333 West, latitude 17.933 North, depth = 97.43 km. The 3.12-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:05:49 / 4:05 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 27 km (16 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tortola, Charlotte Amalie, Road Town (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 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. 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: 22 km NNE of Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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