A minor earthquake magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 113 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands (70 miles). The 3.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:04:06 / 9:04 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/01/25 / 2025-01-31 09:04:06 / January 31, 2025 @ 9:04 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.4636 West, latitude 19.3115 North, depth = 28 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 28 km (17 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2025031001. Id of event: pr2025031001.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 113 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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