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3 Mar 11:28 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 12 minutes.
3 Mar 12:48: Magnitude recalculated from 5.2 to 4.8. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 10.0 to 232.0 km (from 6.2 to 144 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 40 km (25 mi) towards WNW.
Update Wed, 3 Mar 2021, 11:33
Significant earthquake of magnitude 5.2 just reported 37 km northeast of Pagan Village, Northern Mariana Islands
5.2 quake 3 Mar 9:16 pm (GMT +10)
An earthquake of magnitude 5.2 occurred in the evening on Wednesday 3 March 2021 at 9:16 pm local time near Pagan Village, Pagan Island, Northern Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, as reported by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ).
According to preliminary data, the quake was located at a shallow depth of 10 km. Shallow earthquakes are felt more strongly than deeper ones as they are closer to the surface. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refi