A minor earthquake magnitude 3.25 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. Id of earthquake: pr71469013. Event ids that are associated: pr71469013. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 23 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.25-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:27:45 / 9:27 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/12/24 / 2024-12-21 09:27:45 / December 21, 2024 @ 9:27 am. Exact location of event, longitude -65.008166666667 West, latitude 18.822166666667 North, depth = 23 km.
Event epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop). Nearby 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, Tortola, Road Town (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days seventy-eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 53 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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