A minor earthquake magnitude 3.75 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands. The temblor was detected at 01:34:49 / 1:34 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.3355 West, latitude 18.767 North, depth = 11 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000q90x, pr2025178000. Unique identifier: pr2025178000. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/06/25 / 2025-06-27 01:34:49 / June 27, 2025 @ 1:34 am.
The epicenter was 46 km (29 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town. Country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 68 km NE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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