A minor earthquake magnitude 3.26 (ml/mb) strikes 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Wednesday. Exact location, longitude -65.0415° West, latitude 18.173333333333° North, depth = 7.65 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7.65 km (5 miles). The temblor was reported at 06:09:04 / 6:09 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71470368. Id of event: pr71470368. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/01/25 / 2025-01-08 06:09:04 / January 8, 2025 @ 6:09 am.
Event epicenter was 59 km (36 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Santiago, Luquillo, Naguabo. 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).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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