A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands. The temblor was picked up at 18:44:15 / 6:44 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -64.5565 West, latitude 18.802 North, depth = 50.63 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/04/25 / 2025-04-22 18:44:15 / April 22, 2025 @ 6:44 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 50.63 km (31 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr71479748. Unique identifier: pr71479748.

Event epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days three hundred and eight 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. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 57 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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