A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 99 kilometers (62 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands on Tuesday. Exact location of event, longitude -64.5837 West, latitude 19.2072 North, depth = 40.86 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000qv56. Event ids that are associated: us7000qv56. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 40.86 km (25 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. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:57:12 / 9:57 pm (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 85 km (53 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop).

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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 99 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands.

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