A minor earthquake magnitude 3.69 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/12/24 / 2024-12-16 17:40:09 / December 16, 2024 @ 5:40 pm. The temblor was reported at 17:40:09 / 5:40 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nzah, pr2024351000. Unique identifier: pr2024351000. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 73 km (45 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -64.5875° West, 18.8238° North, depth 73 km.
The epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days fifty and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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