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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands


Earthquake location 18.5828S, 145.6426WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands (0 miles) on Friday. Event id: us6000rhvm. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rhvm. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/09/25 / 2025-09-26 14:29:12 / September 26, 2025 @ 2:29 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 209.662 km (130 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 14:29:12 / 2:29 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 209.662 km, 145.6426° East, 18.5828° North.

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 145.6426° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.5828° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 209.662 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 2025-09-26 14:29:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-10-25 13:02:15 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 33 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.326 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.06 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 134 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 us6000rhvm Id of event.
Event Code 6000rhvm An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rhvm, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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