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Minor earthquake: M3.26 quake has struck near Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands

Posted by admin on June 9, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.725666666667S, -64.883666666667WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.26 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. Event id: pr71485323. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qj6x, pr71485323. Exact location of event, longitude -64.883666666667 West, latitude 18.725666666667 North, depth = 20.11 km. Global time and date of event 09/06/25 / 2025-06-09 16:38:17 / June 9, 2025 @ 4:38 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20.11 km (12 miles). The 3.26-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:38:17 / 4:38 pm (local time epicenter).

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). Epicenter of the earthquake was 43 km (27 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Culebra, Cruz Bay, Tortola.

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 fifteen, in the past 30 days thirty-seven and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 42 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.26 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -64.883666666667° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.725666666667° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 20.11 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 42 km N of Charlotte Amalie, 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 2025-06-09 16:38:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-06-09 17:01:02 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 164 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 14 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.3776 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.22 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 238 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 pr71485323 Id of event.
Event Code 71485323 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qj6x,pr71485323, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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