A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands. Exact location of earthquake, -64.3571° West, 18.8785° North, depth 35.435 km. Event id: us7000px1d. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt25124050, us7000px1d. Global time and date of event 04/05/25 / 2025-05-04 06:58:24 / May 4, 2025 @ 6:58 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:58:24 / 6:58 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35.435 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 76 km NE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands.

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