A minor earthquake magnitude 3.66 (ml/mb) strikes 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 22 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2025031000. Id of event: pr2025031000. Exact location of event, depth 22 km, -64.8675° West, 19.021° North. The 3.66-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:01:44 / 6:01 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 31/01/25 / 2025-01-31 06:01:44 / January 31, 2025 @ 6:01 am UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Event epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cruz Bay, Charlotte Amalie, Road Town (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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