USGS: Two ‘Minor’ Earthquakes Strike Near British Virgin Islands Early This Morning

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ROAD TOWN, Tortola — The British Virgin Islands has experienced six earthquakes in the last 24 hours; 12 earthquakes in the past seven days; 34 earthquakes in the last 30 days and 676 earthquakes in the past 365 days.

According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) the most recent “minor” earthquake took place at 1:25 a.m. this morning and registered 3.5 on the Richter Scale.

The USGS said that the most recent quake took place about 54 miles away from the BVI and one happened 27 miles from Road Town at 1:04 a.m. and registered 3.4 on the Richter Scale.

John McCarthy

John F. McCarthy is a veteran journalist in the Caribbean, writing from the "Decision Space" where survival meets the surreal. His reporting steel was tempered by a lineage of legendary editors and broadcasters, including Ed Wynn Brant (The Bomb), Owen Eschenroder (Ann Arbor News), Lynelle Emanuel (BVI Beacon), and Charles Thanas (WSVI-TV). Alongside longtime colleague Kenneth C. "Casey" Clark, McCarthy has navigated the front lines of the territory’s history—from the 1997 volcanic "snow" to every major hurricane since Hugo. Known for leaning out of doorless helicopters to capture the "money shot," McCarthy now edits the V.I. Free Press, providing the essential link between the island's colonial past and its SpaceX future.

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  1. What is really getting my attention is the isolated nature of the quakes. Really just concentrated in a small area to the north of the Virgin Islands along the Puerto Rican Trench….it seems to be reawakening.

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