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Minor earthquake, 3.7 mag strikes near Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands

Posted by admin on May 24, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.0438S, -64.3363WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) was reported 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands on Saturday. The 3.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:12:30 / 4:12 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 63 km (39 miles). Global time and date of event 24/05/25 / 2025-05-24 04:12:30 / May 24, 2025 @ 4:12 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000q18p, pr2025144000. Unique identifier: pr2025144000. Exact location of event, longitude -64.3363 West, latitude 19.0438 North, depth = 63 km.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 73 km (45 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 92 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -64.3363° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.0438° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 63 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 92 km NNE 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 2025-05-24 04:12:30 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-24 04:41:44 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 211 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 ,us,pr, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 9 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.6893 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.34 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 311 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 pr2025144000 Id of event.
Event Code 2025144000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000q18p,pr2025144000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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