A minor earthquake magnitude 3.23 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. The epicenter was at a depth of 19.14 km (12 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr71485948. Unique identifier: pr71485948. Exact location of earthquake, -65.016333333333° West, 18.923333333333° North, depth 19.14 km. The temblor was detected at 14:36:51 / 2:36 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/06/25 / 2025-06-16 14:36:51 / June 16, 2025 @ 2:36 pm.
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). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Culebra, Cruz Bay, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty-eight 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 64 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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