A minor earthquake magnitude 3.35 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.722833333333 West, latitude 19.1415 North, depth = 21.98 km. The temblor was detected at 09:20:13 / 9:20 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 21.98 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: pr71497503. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71497503. Global time and date of event 08/10/25 / 2025-10-08 09:20:13 / October 8, 2025 @ 9:20 am UTC/GMT.

Country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Road Town, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days twenty-six, in the past 30 days fourty-eight and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 89 km N of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands.

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