Earthquake details

Wednesday, August 28, 1957 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Northern Mariana Islands on Wednesday, August 28, 1957 at 23:22 UTC with a magnitude of 5.9. The closest known location in the current dataset is Saipan (Northern Mariana Islands - NO), about 615.7 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 145.200 and latitude 20.718.

Magnitude 5.9
Alert Strong
Depth 20.0 km
Coordinates 20.718, 145.200
UTC time 1957-08-28 23:22:26.990
Location Maug Islands region
Country Northern Mariana Islands (NO)
Severity Strong

Earthquake map 1957-08-28

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