A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.76 (ml/mb) was reported 94 kilometers (58 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands on Tuesday. The 3.76-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:32:02 / 3:32 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2025014001. Id of event: pr2025014001. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.509 West, latitude 19.1428 North, depth = 50 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/01/25 / 2025-01-14 15:32:02 / January 14, 2025 @ 3:32 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 50 km (31 miles).
Event epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 94 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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