Minor earthquake 3.38 mag, 83 km SW of Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.38 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 83 km SW of Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands (52 miles). The temblor was detected at 15:18:20 / 3:18 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/08/25 / 2025-08-03 15:18:20 / August 3, 2025 @ 3:18 pm. Exact location of event, depth 26.55 km, -65.297° West, 17.191° North. Event id: pr71491473. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71491473. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 26.55 km (16 miles).

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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 83 km SW of Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.38 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-65.297° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	17.191° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	26.55 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	83 km SW of Saint Croix, 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	2025-08-03 15:18:20	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-08-03 16:02:02	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	176	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	,pr,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	16	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.076	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.27 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	269	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	pr71491473	Id of event.
Event Code	71491473	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr71491473,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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Minor earthquake 3.38 mag, 83 km SW of Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands

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