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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag has occurred near Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands

Posted by admin on May 4, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.375S, -64.997WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:58:34 / 6:58 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -64.997° West, 18.375° North, depth 28 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 28 km (17 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 04/05/25 / 2025-05-04 06:58:34 / May 4, 2025 @ 6:58 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: pt25124050. Event ids that are associated: pt25124050.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gurabo, San Lorenzo, Maunabo (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 101 km (63 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Humacao (c. 20 400 pop), 8 km (5 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Río Grande (c. 13 500 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 7 km WNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -64.997° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.375° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 28 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7 km WNW 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 2025-05-04 06:58:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-04 07:03:22 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 400 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network pt The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,pt, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 17 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type Mi The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID pt25124050 Id of event.
Event Code 25124050 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt25124050, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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