A minor earthquake magnitude 3.43 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. Event id: pr71480663. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71480663. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 30.69 km (19 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/04/25 / 2025-04-27 12:45:38 / April 27, 2025 @ 12:45 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -65.1055° West, 18.965833333333° North, depth 30.69 km. The 3.43-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:45:38 / 12:45 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tortola, Road Town, Cruz Bay. The epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop). 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).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days fourty-two and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 71 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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