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Minor earthquake, 3.44 mag has occurred near Saint Croix in U.S. Virgin Islands

Posted by admin on November 18, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 17.569333333333S, -64.838333333333WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.44 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Saint Croix in U.S. Virgin Islands. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.838333333333 West, latitude 17.569333333333 North, depth = 120.68 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71500393. Id of event: pr71500393. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 120.68 km (75 miles). The 3.44-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:24:15 / 2:24 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 18/11/25 / 2025-11-18 02:24:15 / November 18, 2025 @ 2:24 am UTC/GMT.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 20 km (12 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Saint Croix. Nearby country/countries, U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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: 20 km SSW of Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.44 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -64.838333333333° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.569333333333° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 120.68 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 20 km SSW of Saint Croix, 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 2025-11-18 02:24:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-11-18 03:35:29 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 182 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 15 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.7869 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.3 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 258 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 pr71500393 Id of event.
Event Code 71500393 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr71500393, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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