A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.24 (ml/mb) was reported 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands on Sunday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 19.5 km (12 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 30/03/25 / 2025-03-30 14:45:27 / March 30, 2025 @ 2:45 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: pr71478008. Ids that are associated to the event: pr71478008. Exact location of earthquake, -64.740166666667° West, 18.115666666667° North, depth 19.5 km. The temblor was picked up at 14:45:27 / 2:45 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 43 km (27 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isabel Segunda, Culebra, Saint Croix (min 5000 pop). Nearby 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 six, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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