A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.44 (ml/mb) was reported 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands on Friday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 29.87 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 29.87 km, -64.693° West, 19.029833333333° North. Global time and date of event 10/10/25 / 2025-10-10 15:16:24 / October 10, 2025 @ 3:16 pm UTC/GMT. The 3.44-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:16:24 / 3:16 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71497693. Id of event: pr71497693.

Close country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 78 km (49 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 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty-six, in the past 30 days fourty-five and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 78 km N of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands.

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