A minor earthquake magnitude 3.81 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 101 kilometers (63 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands. The epicenter was at a depth of 40 km (25 miles). The 3.81-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:28:30 / 1:28 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 10/09/25 / 2025-09-10 01:28:30 / September 10, 2025 @ 1:28 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: pr2025253001. Event ids that are associated: us7000qv5s, pr2025253001. Exact location of event, depth 40 km, -64.4696° West, 19.1995° North.

Close country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 86 km (53 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Road Town, Tortola.

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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 four, in the last 10 days twenty-four, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 101 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands.

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