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Earthquakes in British Virgin Islands
Every earthquake in and around British Virgin Islands since 1900: how often it shakes, the strongest on record and the latest quakes. Offshore quakes within 300 km of its towns count too.
Past 30 days20M2.5+
Past year449M2.5+
Magnitude 6+3since 1900
StrongestM 6.21919 · 131 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands
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Magnitude 4.5+ per year since 1900
Before the 1970s fewer stations were recording, so early years undercount the smaller quakes.
The strongest earthquakes in British Virgin Islands
- 6.2 131 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands Sep 6, 1919
- 6.1 91 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands Oct 11, 2008
- 6.0 112 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands Oct 17, 2001
- 5.9 68 km N of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands Jun 25, 1930
- 5.9 65 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands Jun 26, 1985
- 5.8 110 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands May 13, 1955
- 5.7 80 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands Aug 2, 1927
- 5.7 74 km NE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands Dec 9, 2023
- 5.6 88 km NE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands May 4, 2025
- 5.6 147 km NNW of Sandy Ground Village, Anguilla Mar 2, 2006
Last 24 months
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The latest
- 3.3 56 km N of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands Oct 28, 2026
- 2.8 64 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands Oct 27, 2026
- 3.3 69 km NE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands Oct 25, 2026
- 3.1 39 km ESE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands Oct 25, 2026
- 3.4 85 km ENE of Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands Oct 25, 2026
- 3.4 117 km NE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands Oct 22, 2026
- 2.9 45 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands Oct 20, 2026
- 2.9 61 km E of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands Oct 18, 2026
- 2.8 81 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands Oct 16, 2026
- 3.2 79 km NE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands Oct 14, 2026
- 3.0 66 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands Oct 11, 2026
- 3.7 164 km NE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands Oct 11, 2026
- 3.2 82 km NE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands Oct 9, 2026
- 2.9 65 km NE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands Oct 5, 2026
- 3.0 68 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands Oct 4, 2026