A minor earthquake magnitude 3.54 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. Exact location of earthquake, -64.9725° West, 19.01° North, depth 23 km. The temblor was detected at 08:59:34 / 8:59 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 23 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2025061001. Unique identifier: pr2025061001. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/03/25 / 2025-03-02 08:59:34 / March 2, 2025 @ 8:59 am UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 74 km (46 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cruz Bay, Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 74 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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