A minor earthquake magnitude 3.44 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/05/25 / 2025-05-04 08:20:42 / May 4, 2025 @ 8:20 am. The 3.44-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:20:42 / 8:20 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -64.251166666667° West, 18.799333333333° North, depth 35.3 km. Id of earthquake: pr71481323. Event ids that are associated: pr71481323. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35.3 km (22 miles).
Nearby country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cruz Bay, Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 77 km (48 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 four, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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: 77 km NE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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