A minor earthquake magnitude 3.13 (ml/mb) strikes 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands on Thursday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/12/25 / 2025-12-04 20:34:20 / December 4, 2025 @ 8:34 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -64.0675 West, latitude 18.333666666667 North, depth = 33.16 km. The 3.13-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:34:20 / 8:34 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr71501458. Unique identifier: pr71501458. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 33.16 km (21 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cruz Bay, Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 58 km (36 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 76 km E of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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