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Minor earthquake, 3.65 mag was detected near Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands

Posted by admin on March 18, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.9911S, -64.2766WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.65 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/03/25 / 2025-03-18 02:40:24 / March 18, 2025 @ 2:40 am. The temblor was detected at 02:40:24 / 2:40 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pzhk, pr2025077000. Id of event: pr2025077000. Exact location of earthquake, -64.2766° West, 18.9911° North, depth 24 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 24 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Road Town, Tortola. Close country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 70 km (44 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 91 km NE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.65 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -64.2766° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.9911° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 24 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 91 km NE of Cruz Bay, 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 2025-03-18 02:40:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-18 03:23:28 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 205 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 ,us,pr, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 18 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.9328 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.17 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 317 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 pr2025077000 Id of event.
Event Code 2025077000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pzhk,pr2025077000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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