A minor earthquake magnitude 3.44 (ml/mb) strikes 97 kilometers (60 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands on Sunday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71481318. Id of event: pr71481318. Exact location of event, longitude -64.3855 West, latitude 19.116833333333 North, depth = 12.89 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 12.89 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.44-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:01:59 / 8:01 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 04/05/25 / 2025-05-04 08:01:59 / May 4, 2025 @ 8:01 am UTC/GMT.

Event epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). 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).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-six 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. 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: 97 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands.

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