A minor earthquake magnitude 3.58 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/02/25 / 2025-02-27 14:23:48 / February 27, 2025 @ 2:23 pm. Id of earthquake: pr2025058002. Event ids that are associated: us6000pvtn, pr2025058002. Exact location of event, longitude -65.059 West, latitude 18.9783 North, depth = 24 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 24 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.58-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:23:48 / 2:23 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Culebra, Cruz Bay, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 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 seven, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 71 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.

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