A minor earthquake magnitude 3.44 (ml/mb) strikes 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands on Monday. The temblor was picked up at 07:27:09 / 7:27 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -64.6555° West, 18.5555° North, depth 116.89 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 116.89 km (73 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/10/25 / 2025-10-13 07:27:09 / October 13, 2025 @ 7:27 am. Event id: pr71497928. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71497928.
Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Culebra, Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 14 km (9 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 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 four, in the last 10 days twenty-nine, in the past 30 days fourty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 28 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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