A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.65 (ml/mb) was reported 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands on Friday. Global time and date of event 15/08/25 / 2025-08-15 00:14:17 / August 15, 2025 @ 12:14 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.3706 West, latitude 18.6785 North, depth = 47 km. Unique identifier: pr2025227000. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2025227000. The temblor was detected at 00:14:17 / 12:14 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 47 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town. Nearby country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 36 km (23 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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: 58 km NE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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