A minor earthquake magnitude 3.43 (ml/mb) strikes 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands on Thursday. The temblor was detected at 03:12:15 / 3:12 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 123.27 km (77 miles). Exact location, longitude -64.666° West, latitude 18.264666666667° North, depth = 123.27 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/05/25 / 2025-05-22 03:12:15 / May 22, 2025 @ 3:12 am. Event id: pr71483183. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71483183.
Nearby 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). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isabel Segunda, Culebra, Saint Croix (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 20 km (13 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 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 eight, in the past 30 days thirty-nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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