A minor earthquake magnitude 3.35 (ml/mb) strikes 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands on Thursday. The 3.35-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:46:40 / 2:46 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/11/25 / 2025-11-27 14:46:40 / November 27, 2025 @ 2:46 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -64.4865° West, 18.780166666667° North, depth 58.38 km. Event id: pr71500913. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71500913. The epicenter was at a depth of 58.38 km (36 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 40 km (25 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. 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 eight, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty-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: 59 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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