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Minor earthquake, 3.43 mag has occurred near Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands

Posted by admin on December 18, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.1135S, -65.1045WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.43 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 87 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands (54 miles). Global time and date of event 18/12/25 / 2025-12-18 08:00:38 / December 18, 2025 @ 8:00 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 93.15 km (58 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -65.1045° West, 19.1135° North, depth 93.15 km. Id of earthquake: pr71502518. Event ids that are associated: pr71502518. The 3.43-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:00:38 / 8:00 am (local time epicenter).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days four hundred earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.43 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -65.1045° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.1135° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 93.15 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 87 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, 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 2025-12-18 08:00:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-12-18 08:19:44 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 181 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 13 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.7699 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.44 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 247 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 pr71502518 Id of event.
Event Code 71502518 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr71502518, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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