A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Saipan in Northern Mariana Islands on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 84.157 km (52 miles). Unique identifier: us6000qh97. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000qh97. The temblor was picked up at 12:51:54 / 12:51 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 146.2877° East, latitude 14.9138° North, depth = 84.157 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/06/25 / 2025-06-01 12:51:54 / June 1, 2025 @ 12:51 pm.
Epicenter of the event was 66 km (41 miles) from Saipan (c. 48 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from San Jose Village (c. 15 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Northern Mariana Islands (c. 54 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Jose Village, Saipan (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 66 km ESE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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