A minor earthquake magnitude 3.24 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10.38 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 21/11/25 / 2025-11-21 04:17:02 / November 21, 2025 @ 4:17 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -64.2985 West, latitude 18.9155 North, depth = 10.38 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr71500548. Unique identifier: pr71500548. The 3.24-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:17:02 / 4:17 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 62 km (39 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days three hundred and six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 83 km NE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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