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Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands

Posted by admin on September 27, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.3952S, 145.3673WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands (0 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/08/25 / 2025-08-28 18:24:46 / August 28, 2025 @ 6:24 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 483.652 km (301 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000rcb3. Event ids that are associated: us6000rcb3. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:24:46 / 6:24 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 483.652 km, 145.3673° East, 18.3952° North.

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 145.3673° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.3952° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 483.652 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Pagan region, 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 2025-08-28 18:24:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-09-27 13:16:38 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 56 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.163 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.49 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 123 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 us6000rcb3 Id of event.
Event Code 6000rcb3 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rcb3, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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