A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.08 (ml/mb) was reported 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Friday. Exact location, longitude -65.013° West, latitude 18.9845° North, depth = 48.35 km. The 3.08-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:45:24 / 10:45 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr71495478. Unique identifier: pr71495478. The epicenter was at a depth of 48.35 km (30 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/09/25 / 2025-09-12 22:45:24 / September 12, 2025 @ 10:45 pm.
Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cruz Bay, Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 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 two, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days thirty-seven and in the last 365 days four hundred and fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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