A minor earthquake magnitude 3.44 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands. The temblor was picked up at 06:49:42 / 6:49 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr71496898. Ids that are associated to the event: pr71496898. Exact location of event, longitude -64.015333333333 West, latitude 18.446 North, depth = 148.22 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/10/25 / 2025-10-03 06:49:42 / October 3, 2025 @ 6:49 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 148.22 km (92 miles).
Nearby country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 62 km (39 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cruz Bay, Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 83 km E of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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