USVI and BVI residents notice quake Tuesday

John McCarthyPosted oninAt VIFreep, Breaking News, British Virgin Islands News, Environmental News, St. John News

ROAD TOWN, Tortola — A 4.6 magnitude earthquake was recorded north of the British Virgin Islands yesterday, Centro Meteorológico de Puerto Rico y el Caribe reported.

The tumbler shook up residents across the Virgin Islands at 3:27 p.m. on Tuesday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

“There is no tsunami threat for Puerto Rico and the Virgin islands,” Lillian Soto, a seismologist at the Puerto Rico Seismic Network in Mayaguez, said Tuesday. She added that there were no reports of any damage.

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.