A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 50 kilometers (31 miles) from San Jose Village in Northern Mariana Islands on Monday. Event id: us7000q9lh. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000q9lh. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 145.8448° East, 14.5653° North, depth 10 km. The temblor was detected at 22:32:15 / 10:32 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 16/06/25 / 2025-06-16 22:32:15 / June 16, 2025 @ 10:32 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries, Northern Mariana Islands (c. 54 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Saipan (c. 48 200 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from San Jose Village (c. 15 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Saipan, San Jose Village.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 50 km SSE of San Jose Village, Northern Mariana Islands.
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