A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.14 (ml/mb) was reported 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands on Sunday. Unique identifier: pr71500243. Ids that are associated to the event: pr71500243. The 3.14-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:32:09 / 6:32 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/11/25 / 2025-11-16 06:32:09 / November 16, 2025 @ 6:32 am. Exact location of event, longitude -64.907166666667 West, latitude 18.929666666667 North, depth = 25.61 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 25.61 km (16 miles).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cruz Bay, Charlotte Amalie, Road Town (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 63 km (39 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 64 km (39 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 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 one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 65 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.

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