A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.43 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands. Exact location of earthquake, -64.638333333333° West, 18.691833333333° North, depth 39.29 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/08/25 / 2025-08-19 02:14:35 / August 19, 2025 @ 2:14 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 39.29 km (24 miles). The 3.43-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:14:35 / 2:14 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr71493058. Unique identifier: pr71493058.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Culebra, Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 28 km (18 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 43 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands.

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