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5.63 magnitude earthquake rocks VI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Many persons were shaken out of their sleep early this morning, Sunday, May 4, 2025, when an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.63 occurred.
UPDATE: Tsunami advisory for VI cancelled
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Tsunami advisory issued for the Virgin Islands earlier this evening, Saturday, February 8, 2025, has been discontinued.
4.9M earthquake felt in VI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- At around 8:23 AM today, Sunday, April 28, 2024, an earthquake shook the [British] Virgin Islands.
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.

