A minor earthquake magnitude 3.56 (ml/mb) strikes 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Tuesday. Event id: pr2025280004. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2025280004. The epicenter was at a depth of 39 km (24 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/10/25 / 2025-10-07 05:52:05 / October 7, 2025 @ 5:52 am. Exact location of event, longitude -64.9566 West, latitude 19.0783 North, depth = 39 km. The 3.56-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:52:05 / 5:52 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 80 km (50 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cruz Bay, Charlotte Amalie, Road Town (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 fourteen, in the last 10 days twenty-four, in the past 30 days fourty-four and in the last 365 days four hundred and sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 81 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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