A minor earthquake magnitude 3.51 (ml/mb) strikes 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Sunday. The 3.51-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:53:04 / 3:53 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2025264000. Id of event: pr2025264000. Global time and date of event 21/09/25 / 2025-09-21 03:53:04 / September 21, 2025 @ 3:53 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 25 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -64.9793° West, latitude 18.9775° North, depth = 25 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Culebra, Cruz Bay, Road Town. Close 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).
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 eight, in the past 30 days thirty-seven and in the last 365 days four hundred and fifty-one 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.
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