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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Saipan in Northern Mariana Islands


Earthquake location 14.669S, 147.2407WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 170 km ESE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands (106 miles) on Friday. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:40:49 / 4:40 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pllw. Id of event: us6000pllw. Exact location of earthquake, 147.2407° East, 14.669° North, depth 34.423 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/01/25 / 2025-01-10 16:40:49 / January 10, 2025 @ 4:40 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 34.423 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface.

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 twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 170 km ESE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 147.2407° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.669° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 34.423 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 170 km ESE of Saipan, 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 2025-01-10 16:40:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-27 14:06:19 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 298 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 27 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.509 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.57 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 150 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 us6000pllw Id of event.
Event Code 6000pllw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pllw, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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