A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.34 (ml/mb) was reported 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Thursday. Unique identifier: pr71498203. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rhm1, pr71498203. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 40.39 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/10/25 / 2025-10-16 18:05:04 / October 16, 2025 @ 6:05 pm. The temblor was picked up at 18:05:04 / 6:05 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 40.39 km, -65.0065° West, 18.739° North.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isabel Segunda, Culebra, Tortola. Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 54 km (34 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty-four, in the past 30 days fourty-eight and in the last 365 days four hundred and sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 44 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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