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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag strikes near Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands

Posted by admin on December 30, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.2023S, 145.5359WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands (0 miles). The temblor was reported at 03:44:01 / 3:44 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000rlft. Event ids that are associated: us7000rlft. Exact location, longitude 145.5359° East, latitude 18.2023° North, depth = 210.422 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/12/25 / 2025-12-30 03:44:01 / December 30, 2025 @ 3:44 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 210.422 km (131 miles) below the earth’s surface.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days eighty-six 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 145.5359° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.2023° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 210.422 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 2025-12-30 03:44:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-12-30 04:00:53 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 326 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 57 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.955 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.24 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 95 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 us7000rlft Id of event.
Event Code 7000rlft An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000rlft, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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