A minor earthquake magnitude 3.51 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. Global time and date of event 09/03/25 / 2025-03-09 16:02:15 / March 9, 2025 @ 4:02 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7 km (4 miles). Exact location, longitude -64.9098° West, latitude 18.8776° North, depth = 7 km. Event id: pr2025068001. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2025068001. The temblor was reported at 16:02:15 / 4:02 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Culebra, Cruz Bay, Charlotte Amalie (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 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 sixteen, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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