A minor earthquake magnitude 3.67 (ml/mb) strikes 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands on Thursday. Id of earthquake: pr2025352000. Event ids that are associated: pr2025352000. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 53 km (33 miles). Exact location, longitude -64.3905° West, latitude 18.9848° North, depth = 53 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/12/25 / 2025-12-18 10:00:39 / December 18, 2025 @ 10:00 am. The temblor was detected at 10:00:39 / 10:00 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cruz Bay, Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 65 km (40 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 83 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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