A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.11 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Saint Croix in U.S. Virgin Islands. Exact location of event, longitude -64.847166666667 West, latitude 17.416333333333 North, depth = 50.24 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 50.24 km (31 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 20:51:15 / 8:51 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr71501468. Unique identifier: pr71501468. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/12/25 / 2025-12-04 20:51:15 / December 4, 2025 @ 8:51 pm.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 36 km (22 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Saint Croix. Close country/countries, U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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: 36 km SSW of Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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