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Minor earthquake, 3.61 mag has occurred near Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands

Posted by admin on May 10, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.9095S, -65.1533WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.61 (ml/mb) was reported 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Saturday. The 3.61-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:41:56 / 11:41 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/05/25 / 2025-05-10 11:41:56 / May 10, 2025 @ 11:41 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 39 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: pr2025130001. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2025130001. Exact location of event, longitude -65.1533 West, latitude 18.9095 North, depth = 39 km.

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). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luquillo, Fajardo, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 84 km (52 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Luquillo (c. 8 300 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days fifty-three and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 67 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.61 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -65.1533° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.9095° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 39 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 67 km NNW 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 2025-05-10 11:41:56 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-10 12:15:38 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 200 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 19 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.5881 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.2 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 236 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 pr2025130001 Id of event.
Event Code 2025130001 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2025130001, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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