A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.13 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. Exact location of event, depth 38.14 km, -64.998166666667° West, 18.956333333333° North. The temblor was picked up at 15:57:40 / 3:57 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr71485993. Ids that are associated to the event: pr71485993. Global time and date of event 16/06/25 / 2025-06-16 15:57:40 / June 16, 2025 @ 3:57 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 38.14 km (24 miles).
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 or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Culebra, Cruz Bay, Road Town. Event epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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