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Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Saipan in Northern Mariana Islands

Posted by admin on June 10, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 16.4974S, 146.0926WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 146 km NNE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands (91 miles) on Saturday. Unique identifier: us6000qj6g. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000qj6g. Exact location of earthquake, 146.0926° East, 16.4974° North, depth 130.853 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 130.853 km (81 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 06:13:36 / 6:13 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 24/05/25 / 2025-05-24 06:13:36 / May 24, 2025 @ 6:13 am UTC/GMT.

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

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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. 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: 146 km NNE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 146.0926° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 16.4974° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 130.853 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 146 km NNE 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 2025-05-24 06:13:36 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-06-10 15:41:52 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 271 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 19 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.283 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.43 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 155 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 us6000qj6g Id of event.
Event Code 6000qj6g An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qj6g, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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