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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near Saipan in Northern Mariana Islands

Posted by admin on March 22, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 17.3594S, 146.1502WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 241 km N of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands (150 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 146.1502 East, latitude 17.3594 North, depth = 192.722 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 192.722 km (120 miles). Event id: us6000pzlh. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pzlh. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 12:06:27 / 12:06 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 09/03/25 / 2025-03-09 12:06:27 / March 9, 2025 @ 12:06 pm UTC/GMT.

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 twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 241 km N of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 146.1502° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.3594° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 192.722 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 241 km N 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 2025-03-09 12:06:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-22 06:42:49 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 259 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 17 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.135 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.66 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 168 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 us6000pzlh Id of event.
Event Code 6000pzlh An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pzlh, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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