Earthquake · 16 Oct 2026
M2.8 earthquake — 81 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands
- Event
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- M2.8 (Minor)
- Severity
- Low
- Time
- (18 days ago)
- Location
- 81 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands
- Country
- Open ocean / not assigned
- Coordinates
- 18.951°, -64.374°
- Source
- USGS Earthquake Hazards Program
What this means
This was a minor earthquake of magnitude 2.8. Often felt by people near the epicenter but rarely causes damage.
Magnitude measures the energy released at the source. How strongly the ground shook at any particular place depends on distance from the epicenter, the depth of the quake, local geology and building construction, so the same magnitude can be harmless in one place and damaging in another. First magnitudes are preliminary and are often revised by a few tenths as more stations report.
Other events within 300 km (±14 days)
- M3.2 earthquake — 36 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands — 72 km away, 30 Oct 2026, 06:53 UTC
- M2.9 earthquake — 22 km SE of Esperanza, Puerto Rico — 151 km away, 29 Oct 2026, 16:08 UTC
- M2.7 earthquake — 23 km NNW of Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands — 126 km away, 29 Oct 2026, 10:19 UTC
- M2.5 earthquake — 10 km ESE of Esperanza, Puerto Rico — 144 km away, 28 Oct 2026, 15:19 UTC
- M3.3 earthquake — 56 km N of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands — 45 km away, 28 Oct 2026, 13:34 UTC
- M4.1 earthquake — 21 km SE of Esperanza, Puerto Rico — 150 km away, 28 Oct 2026, 09:44 UTC
- M3.8 earthquake — 21 km SE of Esperanza, Puerto Rico — 151 km away, 28 Oct 2026, 09:43 UTC
- M3.4 earthquake — 31 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico — 282 km away, 28 Oct 2026, 01:00 UTC
- M3.1 earthquake — 30 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands — 70 km away, 27 Oct 2026, 11:10 UTC
- M2.8 earthquake — 64 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands — 24 km away, 27 Oct 2026, 09:14 UTC
Smaller earthquakes close in time and space to a larger one are often aftershocks or foreshocks, though GlobalRisk does not classify them.
Source and attribution
Source: USGS Earthquake Hazards Program. View the original report ↗
GlobalRisk republishes only basic facts (type, time, location, magnitude or alert level) and links to the original report. Details may be revised by the source after this page was generated on 3 Nov 2026, 06:04 UTC.
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