A minor earthquake magnitude 3.36 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. The temblor was picked up at 13:59:44 / 1:59 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/05/25 / 2025-05-31 13:59:44 / May 31, 2025 @ 1:59 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 20.54 km (13 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -65.005833333333 West, latitude 18.802833333333 North, depth = 20.54 km. Unique identifier: pr71484043. Ids that are associated to the event: pr71484043.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 59 km (36 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop). 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). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Culebra, Tortola, Road Town.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days fourty-one and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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