A minor earthquake magnitude 3.24 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands. Exact location, longitude -64.282333333333° West, latitude 18.861666666667° North, depth = 22.08 km. The temblor was picked up at 08:09:39 / 8:09 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr71478793. Unique identifier: pr71478793. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 22.08 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 10/04/25 / 2025-04-10 08:09:39 / April 10, 2025 @ 8:09 am UTC/GMT.
Earthquake epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cruz Bay, Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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: 79 km NE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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