A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.73 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. The temblor was picked up at 18:02:37 / 6:02 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 12 km, -64.8246° West, 18.818° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12 km (7 miles). Unique identifier: pr2025246003. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2025246003. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/09/25 / 2025-09-03 18:02:37 / September 3, 2025 @ 6:02 pm UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Culebra, Cruz Bay, Charlotte Amalie (min 5000 pop). 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 event was 48 km (30 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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