A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.41 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. Event id: pr71482388. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71482388. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/05/25 / 2025-05-14 05:07:55 / May 14, 2025 @ 5:07 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 24.04 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 05:07:55 / 5:07 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -64.970166666667° West, 18.621833333333° North, depth 24.04 km.
The epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 31 km (20 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Luquillo, Ceiba, Fajardo (min 5000 pop). 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).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days fourty-three and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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