A minor earthquake magnitude 3.41 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.12 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/03/25 / 2025-03-19 18:31:30 / March 19, 2025 @ 6:31 pm. The temblor was reported at 18:31:30 / 6:31 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -65.0085° West, latitude 18.9525° North, depth = 10.12 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr71476523. Unique identifier: pr71476523.
Earthquake epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Culebra, Cruz Bay, Road Town. 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).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days fourty-eight and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every 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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