A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.96 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands. Id of earthquake: pr2025080005. Event ids that are associated: pr2025080005. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/03/25 / 2025-03-21 23:48:15 / March 21, 2025 @ 11:48 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8 km (5 miles). Exact location, longitude -64.4158° West, latitude 18.7998° North, depth = 8 km. The temblor was picked up at 23:48:15 / 11:48 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 66 km (41 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). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 65 km NE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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