Minor earthquake, 2.91 mag strikes near Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands

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A minor earthquake magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) strikes 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands on Monday. The temblor was reported at 12:13:54 / 12:13 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 05/05/25 / 2025-05-05 12:13:54 / May 5, 2025 @ 12:13 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 13.19 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: pr71481458. Unique identifier: pr71481458. Exact location, longitude -64.629° West, latitude 18.408833333333° North, depth = 13.19 km.

Epicenter of the event was 77 km (48 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 4 km (3 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 2 km (1 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Saint Croix, Culebra, Charlotte Amalie. Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 19 km ENE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.91 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-64.629° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.408833333333° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	13.19 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	19 km ENE of Cruz Bay, 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	2025-05-05 12:13:54	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-05-05 12:42:58	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	130	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	0.014	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.13 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	215	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	pr71481458	Id of event.
Event Code	71481458	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr71481458,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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