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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Saipan in Northern Mariana Islands

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Earthquake location 16.6931S, 146.1747WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 169 km NNE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands (105 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/03/25 / 2025-03-26 00:26:27 / March 26, 2025 @ 12:26 am. 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 110.391 km (69 miles). Exact location, longitude 146.1747° East, latitude 16.6931° North, depth = 110.391 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000q3ym. Id of event: us6000q3ym. The temblor was picked up at 00:26:27 / 12:26 am (local time epicenter).

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 one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 169 km NNE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 146.1747° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 16.6931° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 110.391 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 169 km NNE 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 2025-03-26 00:26:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-04-07 00:07:41 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 25 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.491 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.83 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 151 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 us6000q3ym Id of event.
Event Code 6000q3ym An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000q3ym, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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