A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from San Jose Village in Northern Mariana Islands. The epicenter was at a depth of 137.181 km (85 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000rds3. Unique identifier: us7000rds3. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 137.181 km, 145.62° East, 14.8497° North. Global time and date of event 06/11/25 / 2025-11-06 11:21:08 / November 6, 2025 @ 11:21 am UTC/GMT. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:21:08 / 11:21 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Northern Mariana Islands (c. 54 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Saipan (c. 48 200 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from San Jose Village (c. 15 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Saipan, San Jose Village (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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. 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: 13 km S of San Jose Village, Northern Mariana Islands.
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