A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.69 (ml/mb) was reported 97 kilometers (60 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands on Monday. 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: 28/04/25 / 2025-04-28 05:37:46 / April 28, 2025 @ 5:37 am. The temblor was reported at 05:37:46 / 5:37 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pvhu, pr2025118000. Id of event: pr2025118000. Exact location, longitude -64.662° West, latitude 19.2041° North, depth = 59 km.
Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. 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: 97 km N of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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