A light earthquake magnitude 4.01 (ml/mb) strikes 102 kilometers (63 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 21:57:12 / 9:57 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr2025252001. Event ids that are associated: us7000qv56, pr2025252001. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15 km (9 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/09/25 / 2025-09-09 21:57:12 / September 9, 2025 @ 9:57 pm. Exact location, longitude -64.5288° West, latitude 19.2206° North, depth = 15 km.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 87 km (54 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days four hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 102 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands.

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