A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.28 (ml/mb) was reported 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Saint Croix in U.S. Virgin Islands on Sunday. The epicenter was at a depth of 43.14 km (27 miles). The 3.28-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:00:18 / 5:00 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -65.366 West, latitude 17.362 North, depth = 43.14 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/04/25 / 2025-04-27 05:00:18 / April 27, 2025 @ 5:00 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: pr71480553. Ids that are associated to the event: pr71480553.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Saint Croix (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 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 one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 77 km WSW of Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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