A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from San Jose Village in Northern Mariana Islands. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/09/25 / 2025-09-28 23:57:40 / September 28, 2025 @ 11:57 pm. Exact location of event, depth 103.798 km, 145.6156° East, 14.2689° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 103.798 km (64 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:57:40 / 11:57 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000ribf. Unique identifier: us6000ribf.
Epicenter of the event was 78 km (48 miles) from San Jose Village (c. 15 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Jose Village. Country/countries that might be effected, Northern Mariana Islands (c. 54 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each 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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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 77 km S of San Jose Village, Northern Mariana Islands.
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