A minor earthquake magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 19.08 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.87-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:32:30 / 7:32 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr71499648. Ids that are associated to the event: pr71499648. Exact location of event, depth 19.08 km, -64.417333333333° West, 18.737° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/11/25 / 2025-11-05 07:32:30 / November 5, 2025 @ 7:32 am.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town. Nearby country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 39 km (24 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 59 km NE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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