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- M5.7 - Earthquake in the Mariana Islands

 

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck the Mariana Islands at a depth of 72 km. San Jose Village, Rota region

 

Earthquake in the Mariana Islands
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Earthquake data:

 

Date and time of origin: 2025-12-15 23:06:14 UTC
Date and time of arrival at the Citizen seismic station: 2025-12-15 23:21:53 UTC
Location where the station is located: Germans Sàbat, Girona, ES (EU)
Time difference from the event to arrival at the station: 15 minutes and 39 seconds
Distance from the epicenter to the station: 12.695,14 Km
Wave speed: 13,52 km/s => 13.519,86 m/s
Wave type (according to speed): PKIKP
Sensor type: Geophone 4.5Hz - 200 V/m/s
Sampling frequency (sps): 100Hz
Alarms: frequencies activated upon arrival of the wave:
* By order of detection
1-20Hz, 10-20Hz, 5-10Hz, 1-5Hz, 1-10Hz, 0.5-2.5Hz
Place of Origin: SSE of San Jose Village, Northern Mariana Islands
Geodetic coordinates of the epicenter:  📍 14.3500°N 145.8390°E
Depth (hypocenter): 72.0 km
Magnitude Richter Scale: M5.7
Modified Mercalli Scale Magnitude MMI => DYFI (Did You Feel It):
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URL Official Data USGS:  https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/...
URL Official Data EMSC:  https://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake_information/e...
Unofficial data URL Volcano Discovery:  https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake...

 

 

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