A minor earthquake magnitude 3.83 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 117 km (73 miles). Exact location, longitude -64.6826° West, latitude 18.745° North, depth = 117 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/12/25 / 2025-12-04 13:52:53 / December 4, 2025 @ 1:52 pm. The temblor was detected at 13:52:53 / 1:52 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2025338000. Unique identifier: pr2025338000.
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). Epicenter of the earthquake was 35 km (22 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Culebra, Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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: 47 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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