A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.57 (ml/mb) was reported 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands on Wednesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 45 km (28 miles). Exact location, longitude -64.801° West, latitude 19.0176° North, depth = 45 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2024276000. Id of event: pr2024276000. The 3.57-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:43:15 / 5:43 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 02/10/24 / 2024-10-02 05:43:15 / October 2, 2024 @ 5:43 am UTC/GMT.
Country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop).
Each 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 two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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