A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from JP Tinian Town pre-WW2 in Northern Mariana Islands. Exact location of event, longitude 146.0492 East, latitude 14.7673 North, depth = 97.38 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 97.38 km (61 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us600089be. Id of event: us600089be. The temblor was picked up at 09:58:34 / 9:58 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/02/20 / 2020-02-25 23:58:34 / February 25, 2020 @ 11:58 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Saipan, San Jose Village (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 59 km (36 miles) from Saipan (c. 48 200 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from San Jose Village (c. 15 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Northern Mariana Islands (c. 54 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 50 km ESE of JP Tinian Town pre-WW2, Northern Mariana Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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