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Light earthquake, 4 mag has occurred near Saipan in Northern Mariana Islands

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Earthquake location 15.3979S, 145.9967WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Saipan in Northern Mariana Islands. Unique identifier: us7000pvx9. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pvx9. Exact time and date of earthquake 14/04/25 / 2025-04-14 20:54:07 / April 14, 2025 @ 8:54 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 145.9967 East, latitude 15.3979 North, depth = 83.203 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 83.203 km (52 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:54:07 / 8:54 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Northern Mariana Islands (c. 54 000 pop). Event epicenter was 33 km (21 miles) from Saipan (c. 48 200 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from San Jose Village (c. 15 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Jose Village, Saipan.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 33 km NE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 145.9967° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.3979° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 83.203 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 33 km NE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-04-14 20:54:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-01 14:27:26 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 246 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 39 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.254 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.63 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 147 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000pvx9 Id of event.
Event Code 7000pvx9 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pvx9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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