A minor earthquake magnitude 3.18 (ml/mb) strikes 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands on Monday. The temblor was reported at 00:08:16 / 12:08 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 5.04 km (3 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr71491498. Unique identifier: pr71491498. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/08/25 / 2025-08-04 00:08:16 / August 4, 2025 @ 12:08 am. Exact location, longitude -64.672833333333° West, latitude 19.037333333333° North, depth = 5.04 km.

The epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cruz Bay, Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days four hundred and nine 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 79 km N of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands.

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