A minor earthquake magnitude 3.34 (ml/mb) strikes 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Wednesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/06/25 / 2025-06-04 05:41:41 / June 4, 2025 @ 5:41 am. The temblor was detected at 05:41:41 / 5:41 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -65.104833333333 West, latitude 18.762666666667 North, depth = 7.85 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 7.85 km (5 miles). Unique identifier: pr71484423. Ids that are associated to the event: pr71484423.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 75 km (47 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Close 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). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ceiba, Luquillo, Isabel Segunda (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 50 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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