A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.63 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 88 kilometers (55 miles) from Cruz Bay in U.S. Virgin Islands. Exact location of earthquake, -64.316° West, 18.9858° North, depth 20 km. The temblor was detected at 06:58:24 / 6:58 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/05/25 / 2025-05-04 06:58:24 / May 4, 2025 @ 6:58 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20 km (12 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt25124050, us7000px1d, pr2025124000. Id of event: pr2025124000. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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: 88 km NE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands.

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