A minor earthquake magnitude 3.99 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 102 kilometers (63 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 23 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 07/10/25 / 2025-10-07 01:38:25 / October 7, 2025 @ 1:38 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: pr2025280000. Event ids that are associated: us6000rf83, pr2025280000. Exact location, longitude -64.6635° West, latitude 19.247° North, depth = 23 km. The temblor was reported at 01:38:25 / 1:38 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tortola. Country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 90 km (56 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days fourty-two and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 102 km N of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands.

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