A minor earthquake magnitude 3.28 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 63.94 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -64.652666666667° West, 18.447666666667° North, depth 63.94 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/04/25 / 2025-04-10 03:11:36 / April 10, 2025 @ 3:11 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71478753. Id of event: pr71478753. The temblor was detected at 03:11:36 / 3:11 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Saint Croix, Culebra, Charlotte Amalie. 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 81 km (50 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 5 km (3 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 4 km (3 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 19 km NE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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