Minor earthquake, 3.36 mag has occurred near Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.36 (ml/mb) strikes 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.66 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -64.7135° West, 18.847666666667° North, depth 6.66 km. Id of earthquake: pr71490693. Event ids that are associated: pr71490693. The temblor was reported at 16:54:09 / 4:54 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 27/07/25 / 2025-07-27 16:54:09 / July 27, 2025 @ 4:54 pm UTC/GMT.

Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days four hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 57 km N of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.36 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-64.7135° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.847666666667° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	6.66 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	57 km N of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-07-27 16:54:09	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-07-27 17:24:23	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	174	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	pr	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,pr,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	14	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.4343	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.26 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	269	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	md	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	pr71490693	Id of event.
Event Code	71490693	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr71490693,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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