A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.49 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/12/24 / 2024-12-21 05:57:23 / December 21, 2024 @ 5:57 am. The temblor was picked up at 05:57:23 / 5:57 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 47 km (29 miles). Exact location of event, depth 47 km, -64.5761° West, 19.135° North. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2024356000. Unique identifier: pr2024356000.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 77 km (48 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days sixty-seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 91 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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