A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. Exact location, longitude -65.0315° West, latitude 18.979166666667° North, depth = 14.61 km. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:58:54 / 3:58 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71476303. Id of event: pr71476303. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14.61 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 18/03/25 / 2025-03-18 03:58:54 / March 18, 2025 @ 3:58 am UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Culebra, Cruz Bay, Road Town. Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days fourty-three and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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