A minor earthquake magnitude 3.13 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands. The temblor was detected at 05:14:13 / 5:14 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/12/25 / 2025-12-25 05:14:13 / December 25, 2025 @ 5:14 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 42.27 km (26 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -64.531833333333° West, 18.943666666667° North, depth 42.27 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr71503048. Unique identifier: pr71503048.

Close country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Event epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town.

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 six, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 73 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands.

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