M5.1

USGS earthquake · M5.177 km SSW of San Jose Village

🇲🇵 - Northern Mariana Islands

· 35 days ago

Map centered on the earthquake at 77 km SSW of San Jose Village, Northern Mariana Islands, with a marker at its epicenterHagtaMainaOpen in Apple Maps ↗
Shaking intensity
  1. III

Strongest contour: Weak (III). Modelled by USGS ShakeMap; contours show where shaking was expected to reach each level, not damage.

Depth110.8 km
Origin timeSep 16, 2026, 6:06 PM UTC
Coordinates14.287, 145.473
Tsunami flagNot reported
Reported shakingWeak (III)From 10 public reports
Magnitude scaleMoment magnitude
SolutionReviewed by a seismologist
Who felt it

People in the shaking

In the modelled area199,000
At light shaking or aboveNone modelled
  1. IIIWeak199,000
Nearby towns and the shaking modelled for each
PlacePopulationShaking
Hagta1,000III
Maina122,000III

Past earthquakes here. A magnitude 7.7 earthquake 153 km se of this event struck Guam on August 8, 1993 (UTC), with estimated population exposures of 141,000 at intensity VIII and 3,000 at intensity IX or greater, with no reported fatalities.

Local buildings. Overall, the population in this region resides in structures that are a mix of vulnerable and earthquake resistant construction. The predominant vulnerable building types are informal (metal, timber, GI etc.) and unknown/miscellaneous types construction.

Population and intensity modelled by USGS PAGER. Estimates, not a count of people affected.

Official source

U.S. Geological Survey

Terremoto preserves this event snapshot for a stable public link. USGS remains the authoritative source for revisions and scientific details. Shaking contours and population estimates come from USGS ShakeMap and PAGER, which revise them as more data arrives.

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