A minor earthquake magnitude 2.95 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/05/25 / 2025-05-11 06:05:37 / May 11, 2025 @ 6:05 am. Event id: pr2025131000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2025131000. The epicenter was at a depth of 26 km (16 miles). The 2.95-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:05:37 / 6:05 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -65.1586° West, latitude 18.9731° North, depth = 26 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Culebra, Charlotte Amalie. Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 74 km (46 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 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 four, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days fifty-three and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 73 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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