A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was reported 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 28.223 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/10/25 / 2025-10-16 18:05:03 / October 16, 2025 @ 6:05 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 18:05:03 / 6:05 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 28.223 km, -65.0808° West, 18.6791° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rhm1. Id of event: us6000rhm1.

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). Event epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ceiba, Luquillo, Fajardo (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every 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 twenty-three, in the past 30 days fourty-six and in the last 365 days four hundred and fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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