A minor earthquake magnitude 3.03 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71478508. Id of event: pr71478508. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/04/25 / 2025-04-06 12:40:48 / April 6, 2025 @ 12:40 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -65.175833333333 West, latitude 18.969666666667 North, depth = 40.43 km. The temblor was picked up at 12:40:48 / 12:40 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 40.43 km (25 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Culebra, Charlotte Amalie (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days fifty-three and in the last 365 days four hundred and eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 74 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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