A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.73 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 33 km (21 miles). Global time and date of event 13/02/25 / 2025-02-13 21:07:15 / February 13, 2025 @ 9:07 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: pr2025044002. Event ids that are associated: pr2025044002. The temblor was picked up at 21:07:15 / 9:07 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.6005 West, latitude 18.7545 North, depth = 33 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 35 km (22 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town. Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 51 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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