A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) was reported 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Sunday. The 3.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:22:11 / 9:22 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -64.8348° West, 18.9658° North, depth 30 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 30 km (19 miles). Event id: pr2025026004. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2025026004. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/01/25 / 2025-01-26 09:22:11 / January 26, 2025 @ 9:22 am.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cruz Bay, Charlotte Amalie, Road Town (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 63 km (39 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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