A minor earthquake magnitude 3.51 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands. The epicenter was at a depth of 24 km (15 miles). Id of earthquake: pr2025081001. Event ids that are associated: pr2025081001. Exact location of event, longitude -64.5645 West, latitude 18.962 North, depth = 24 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/03/25 / 2025-03-22 07:30:44 / March 22, 2025 @ 7:30 am. The temblor was reported at 07:30:44 / 7:30 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 58 km (36 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days twenty-six, in the past 30 days fourty-nine and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 73 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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