A minor earthquake magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pye8, pr2025130000. Unique identifier: pr2025130000. The 3.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:53:36 / 7:53 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/05/25 / 2025-05-10 07:53:36 / May 10, 2025 @ 7:53 am. Exact location of event, longitude -64.5538 West, latitude 18.897 North, depth = 58 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 58 km (36 miles).
The epicenter was 51 km (32 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 68 km (42 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). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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 react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 67 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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