A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.91 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 68 km (42 miles). The 3.91-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:58:10 / 7:58 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/09/25 / 2025-09-05 07:58:10 / September 5, 2025 @ 7:58 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.4108 West, latitude 19.0305 North, depth = 68 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2025248002. Id of event: pr2025248002.
Close country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cruz Bay, Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 69 km (43 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 87 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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