A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 64 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -64.5118 West, latitude 19.0445 North, depth = 64 km. The temblor was reported at 12:17:44 / 12:17 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 10/09/25 / 2025-09-10 12:17:44 / September 10, 2025 @ 12:17 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: pr2025253002. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2025253002.
Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 68 km (42 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cruz Bay, Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 84 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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