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Minor earthquake, 3.43 mag was detected near Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands

Posted by admin on August 31, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.609333333333S, -64.351833333333WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.43 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 148 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands (92 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 25.07 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.43-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:56:02 / 3:56 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/08/25 / 2025-08-31 15:56:02 / August 31, 2025 @ 3:56 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71494118. Id of event: pr71494118. Exact location, longitude -64.351833333333° West, latitude 19.609333333333° North, depth = 25.07 km.

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 148 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.43 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -64.351833333333° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.609333333333° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 25.07 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 148 km NNE of Cruz Bay, 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 2025-08-31 15:56:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-31 16:39:31 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 181 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 10 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.21 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.28 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 291 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 pr71494118 Id of event.
Event Code 71494118 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr71494118, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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