A minor earthquake magnitude 3.86 (ml/mb) strikes 120 km N of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands (75 miles) on Saturday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/09/25 / 2025-09-27 11:51:37 / September 27, 2025 @ 11:51 am. The 3.86-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:51:37 / 11:51 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr2025270001. Event ids that are associated: us6000rdbe, pr2025270001. Exact location, longitude -64.722° West, latitude 19.415° North, depth = 24 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 24 km (15 miles).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days fourty-four and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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