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Minor earthquake, 3.23 mag strikes near Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands


Earthquake location 18.9555S, -65.166666666667WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.23 (ml/mb) was reported 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Sunday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 19.88 km (12 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71474098. Id of event: pr71474098. Exact location of event, depth 19.88 km, -65.166666666667° West, 18.9555° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/03/25 / 2025-03-02 01:04:09 / March 2, 2025 @ 1:04 am. The 3.23-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:04:09 / 1:04 am (local time epicenter).

Event epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cruz Bay, Culebra, Charlotte Amalie (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 72 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.23 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -65.166666666667° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.9555° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 19.88 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 72 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-03-02 01:04:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-02 01:48:59 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 161 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network pr The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,pr, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 12 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.6321 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.19 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 271 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type md The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID pr71474098 Id of event.
Event Code 71474098 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr71474098, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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