A minor earthquake magnitude 3.86 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands. The temblor was picked up at 05:52:01 / 5:52 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -64.7733 West, latitude 18.774 North, depth = 59 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 59 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/04/25 / 2025-04-22 05:52:01 / April 22, 2025 @ 5:52 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pu4y, pr2025112000. Id of event: pr2025112000.
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). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Culebra, Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay. The epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 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 two, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 49 km N of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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