A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.137 West, latitude 18.5105 North, depth = 53.124 km. Global time and date of event 06/12/24 / 2024-12-06 14:53:07 / December 6, 2024 @ 2:53 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 14:53:07 / 2:53 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 53.124 km (33 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us7000nwky. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nwky.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cruz Bay, Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 50 km (31 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-five 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. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 72 km ENE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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