A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Saipan in Northern Mariana Islands. Global time and date of event 21/11/25 / 2025-11-21 13:46:57 / November 21, 2025 @ 1:46 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 121.466 km, 146.1631° East, 15.8119° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 13:46:57 / 1:46 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000rtnj. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rtnj. The epicenter was at a depth of 121.466 km (75 miles).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Saipan (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Saipan (c. 48 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Northern Mariana Islands (c. 54 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 79 km NNE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands.
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