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Minor earthquake 3.02 mag, 65 km NE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands

Posted by admin on November 8, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.746S, -64.354WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.02 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/11/25 / 2025-11-08 06:40:07 / November 8, 2025 @ 6:40 am. Exact location, longitude -64.354° West, latitude 18.746° North, depth = 38.11 km. Id of earthquake: pr71499818. Event ids that are associated: pr71499818. The epicenter was at a depth of 38.11 km (24 miles). The temblor was picked up at 06:40:07 / 6:40 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days three hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 65 km NE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.02 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -64.354° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.746° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 38.11 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 65 km NE 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 2025-11-08 06:40:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-11-08 07:00:15 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 140 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 7 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.2585 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.16 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 295 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 pr71499818 Id of event.
Event Code 71499818 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr71499818, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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