A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Northern Islands Municipality – Mayor’s Office in Northern Mariana Islands on Friday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60009art. Id of event: us60009art. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 145.7273 East, latitude 15.2102 North, depth = 111.86 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 111.86 km (70 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/04/20 / 2020-04-17 02:05:59 / April 17, 2020 @ 2:05 am. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:05:59 / 12:05 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Jose Village, Saipan (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Northern Mariana Islands (c. 54 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 3 km (2 miles) from Saipan (c. 48 200 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from San Jose Village (c. 15 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 1 km E of Northern Islands Municipality – Mayor’s Office, Northern Mariana Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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