A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10.23 km (6 miles). The 3.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:01:47 / 12:01 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr71477748. Unique identifier: pr71477748. Exact location of event, depth 10.23 km, -64.821666666667° West, 18.832333333333° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/03/25 / 2025-03-28 12:01:47 / March 28, 2025 @ 12:01 pm.
Close 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). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Culebra, Cruz Bay, Charlotte Amalie. The epicenter was 49 km (31 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days fifty-five and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. 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: 55 km NNE of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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