A minor earthquake magnitude 3.35 (ml/mb) strikes 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands on Friday. The temblor was reported at 01:26:15 / 1:26 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 05/12/25 / 2025-12-05 01:26:15 / December 5, 2025 @ 1:26 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71501508. Id of event: pr71501508. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 13.47 km (8 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -64.651° West, 18.875833333333° North, depth 13.47 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town. Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 49 km (30 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 62 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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