Minor earthquake, 2.92 mag was detected near Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands

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A minor earthquake magnitude 2.92 (ml/mb) strikes 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Sunday. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/04/25 / 2025-04-27 22:20:49 / April 27, 2025 @ 10:20 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 26.79 km (17 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71480718. Id of event: pr71480718. Exact location, longitude -64.965166666667° West, latitude 18.916833333333° North, depth = 26.79 km. The temblor was picked up at 22:20:49 / 10:20 pm (local time epicenter).

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). Epicenter of the earthquake was 65 km (41 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 77 km (48 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.

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days four hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 63 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.92 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-64.965166666667° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.916833333333° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	26.79 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	63 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-04-27 22:20:49	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-04-27 22:57:14	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	131	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	pr	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,pr,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	8	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.5615	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.1 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	265	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	md	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	pr71480718	Id of event.
Event Code	71480718	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr71480718,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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