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Magnitude 5.7 earthquake felt in VI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - This morning at around 10:30 am, persons in the Virgin Islands have reported experiencing tremors from an earthquake on the main island of Tortola and on the sister islands.
Magnitude 3.9 earthquake felt in VI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Persons in the [British] Virgin Islands (VI) have reported on social media early this morning of experiencing an earthquake.
VI to join global earthquake drill
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Virgin Islands will join ‘ShakeOut’, a global practise session to improve earthquake safety, on October 19, 2023.
Magnitude 4.8 earthquake felt in the VI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- At approximately 3:49 AM on Sunday, September 3, 2023, an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.8, with an estimated maximum intensity IV, was felt in the Virgin Islands.
Magnitude 6.6 earthquake in North Atlantic felt in VI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- At around 4:28 PM the [British] Virgin Islands was rocked by a 6.6 magnitude earthquake in the North Atlantic Ocean.
5.8 magnitude earthquake felt in VI- DDM
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Department for Disaster Management (DDM) is reporting that a 5.8 magnitude earthquake was felt in the Virgin Islands (VI) this morning, Friday, January 20, 2023.
Series of earthquakes recorded near VI/USVI within past 10 hours
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- There has been a series of seismic activity in the Greater Virgin Islands region, some of which persons have reported feeling, within the past 10 hours.
Magnitude 4.0 earthquake felt in VI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- An earthquake was felt in the Virgin Islands (VI) around 11:00 am today, October 31, 2022.
3.97 Magnitude earthquake felt in Virgin Islands
THE SETTLEMENT, Anegada, VI- At around 11:06 pm, Monday, October 10, 2022, an earthquake was felt in the Virgin Islands (VI).
Residents encouraged to practise earthquake safety
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Department of Disaster Management (DDM) invites all Virgin Islands residents and visitors to improve their earthquake readiness by joining the global ShakeOut earthquake exercise on October 20, 2022, at 10:20 a.m.