A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.43 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/03/25 / 2025-03-18 15:40:49 / March 18, 2025 @ 3:40 pm. The temblor was reported at 15:40:49 / 3:40 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71476418. Id of event: pr71476418. Exact location of earthquake, -65.164° West, 18.867666666667° North, depth 21.79 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 21.79 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 79 km (49 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Luquillo (c. 8 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luquillo, Fajardo, Tortola (min 5000 pop). 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 eight, in the last 10 days twenty-six, in the past 30 days fifty and in the last 365 days three hundred and eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 63 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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