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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near San Jose Village in Northern Mariana Islands

Posted by admin on May 5, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 14.0709S, 146.946WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 174 km SE of San Jose Village, Northern Mariana Islands (108 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pwmb. Id of event: us7000pwmb. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/04/25 / 2025-04-17 16:02:06 / April 17, 2025 @ 4:02 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 37.216 km (23 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 146.946 East, latitude 14.0709 North, depth = 37.216 km. The temblor was reported at 16:02:06 / 4:02 pm (local time epicenter).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 174 km SE of San Jose Village, Northern Mariana Islands.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 146.946° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.0709° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 37.216 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 174 km SE of San Jose Village, 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 2025-04-17 16:02:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-05 12:43:54 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 259 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 11 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.608 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.05 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 113 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 us7000pwmb Id of event.
Event Code 7000pwmb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pwmb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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