A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.8 (ml/mb) strikes 82 kilometers (51 miles) from San Jose Village in Northern Mariana Islands on Monday. Exact location of event, depth 125.5 km, 145.997° East, 14.321° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: pt25349001. Ids that are associated to the event: pt25349001. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/12/25 / 2025-12-15 23:06:16 / December 15, 2025 @ 11:06 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 125.5 km (78 miles). The temblor was detected at 23:06:16 / 11:06 pm (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 102 km (64 miles) from Saipan (c. 48 200 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from San Jose Village (c. 15 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Saipan, San Jose Village (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Northern Mariana Islands (c. 54 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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 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: 82 km SSE of San Jose Village, Northern Mariana Islands.
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