A minor earthquake magnitude 2.98 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands. Exact location of event, longitude -64.585833333333 West, latitude 18.435166666667 North, depth = 105.64 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 105.64 km (66 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 31/08/25 / 2025-08-31 16:25:42 / August 31, 2025 @ 4:25 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: pr71494128. Event ids that are associated: pr71494128. The temblor was reported at 16:25:42 / 4:25 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Culebra, Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 2 km (1 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 4 km (2 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 24 km ENE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands.

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