A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 94 kilometers (58 miles) from Saipan in Northern Mariana Islands on Tuesday. Id of earthquake: us6000nie3. Event ids that are associated: us6000nie3. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/07/24 / 2024-07-23 04:18:30 / July 23, 2024 @ 4:18 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 04:18:30 / 4:18 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 146.259° East, 15.9127° North, depth 35 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries, Northern Mariana Islands (c. 54 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Saipan. Epicenter of the event was 95 km (59 miles) from Saipan (c. 48 200 pop).
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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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