A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.76 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 99 kilometers (62 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands. The temblor was detected at 22:56:05 / 10:56 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.4746 West, latitude 19.1813 North, depth = 71 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 71 km (44 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: pr2025256000. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2025256000. Global time and date of event 13/09/25 / 2025-09-13 22:56:05 / September 13, 2025 @ 10:56 pm UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Road Town, Tortola.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days fourty and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-eight 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. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 99 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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