A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.34 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. Id of earthquake: pr71495403. Event ids that are associated: pr71495403. Exact location, longitude -64.923666666667° West, latitude 18.811333333333° North, depth = 22.74 km. The temblor was picked up at 01:47:25 / 1:47 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/09/25 / 2025-09-12 01:47:25 / September 12, 2025 @ 1:47 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 22.74 km (14 miles).
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). Earthquake epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Culebra, Cruz Bay, Tortola.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 51 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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