Earthquakes / EVENT RECORD
M 5.0 - Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands
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Magnitude
M 5
Scale: mb
Depth
129.361 km
from location
Reported by people
Not published
Number of felt reports
USGS review
reviewed
Review does not imply final measurements
What the record tells us
USGS reports a magnitude 5 earthquake in Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands, at a depth of 129.361 km.
Detailed source data captured 2026-10-20 15:25:15 UTC.
Measurements & confidence
- Event time (UTC)
- 2026-10-20 02:54:15.972 UTC
- Source updated (UTC)
- 2026-10-20 15:05:12.469 UTC
- Location
- 18.253°, 146.035°
- Stations used for location
- 71
- Horizontal error
- 10.88 km
- Depth error
- 7.356 km
- Magnitude error
- 0.054
Errors are the source’s reported uncertainty estimates, not guaranteed bounds. A depth marked “operator assigned” was fixed during analysis.
Shaking & impact
- Instrumental intensity
- Not published
- Felt-report intensity
- Not published
- PAGER impact alert
- Not published
No published assessment does not mean no shaking or no impact. A magnitude value alone cannot establish damage or a tsunami warning.
Nearby seismic activity
Within 500 km · M2.5+ · seven days before the event through the latest query, up to seven days after
10-13
0
10-14
0
10-15
0
10-16
1
10-17
0
10-18
0
10-19
0
10-20
1
Query window: 2026-10-13 02:54:15 to 2026-10-20 15:25:15 UTC. This is spatial proximity, not an identified aftershock sequence.
Magnitude
M 5
Scale: mb
Depth
129.361 km
from location
Reported by people
Not published
Number of felt reports
USGS review
reviewed
Review does not imply final measurements
What the record tells us
USGS reports a magnitude 5 earthquake in Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands, at a depth of 129.361 km.
Detailed source data captured 2026-10-20 15:25:15 UTC.
Measurements & confidence
- Event time (UTC)
- 2026-10-20 02:54:15.972 UTC
- Source updated (UTC)
- 2026-10-20 15:05:12.469 UTC
- Location
- 18.253°, 146.035°
- Stations used for location
- 71
- Horizontal error
- 10.88 km
- Depth error
- 7.356 km
- Magnitude error
- 0.054
Errors are the source’s reported uncertainty estimates, not guaranteed bounds. A depth marked “operator assigned” was fixed during analysis.
Shaking & impact
- Instrumental intensity
- Not published
- Felt-report intensity
- Not published
- PAGER impact alert
- Not published
No published assessment does not mean no shaking or no impact. A magnitude value alone cannot establish damage or a tsunami warning.
Nearby seismic activity
Within 500 km · M2.5+ · seven days before the event through the latest query, up to seven days after
10-13
0
10-14
0
10-15
0
10-16
1
10-17
0
10-18
0
10-19
0
10-20
1
Query window: 2026-10-13 02:54:15 to 2026-10-20 15:25:15 UTC. This is spatial proximity, not an identified aftershock sequence.
The record as it develops
This timeline begins when our journal started capturing details. It is not a complete USGS revision history.
Captured 2026-10-20 03:17:09 UTC
First detailed capture · M5 · 129.361 km deep · 1 nearby records
Source updated 2026-10-20 03:09:16 UTC
Captured 2026-10-20 03:47:11 UTC
Updated capture · M5 · 129.361 km deep · 1 nearby records
Source updated 2026-10-20 03:35:08 UTC
Captured 2026-10-20 04:32:09 UTC
Updated capture · M5 · 129.361 km deep · 1 nearby records
Source updated 2026-10-20 03:35:08 UTC
Captured 2026-10-20 05:32:09 UTC
Updated capture · M5 · 129.361 km deep · 0 nearby records
Source updated 2026-10-20 03:35:08 UTC
Captured 2026-10-20 06:47:10 UTC
Updated capture · M5 · 129.361 km deep · 1 nearby records
Source updated 2026-10-20 05:05:28 UTC
Captured 2026-10-20 07:32:08 UTC
Updated capture · M5 · 129.361 km deep · 1 nearby records
Source updated 2026-10-20 07:05:17 UTC
Captured 2026-10-20 08:47:08 UTC
Updated capture · M5 · 129.361 km deep · 2 nearby records
Source updated 2026-10-20 07:05:17 UTC
Captured 2026-10-20 09:47:11 UTC
Updated capture · M5 · 129.361 km deep · 2 nearby records
Source updated 2026-10-20 09:05:32 UTC
Captured 2026-10-20 15:25:15 UTC
Updated capture · M5 · 129.361 km deep · 2 nearby records
Source updated 2026-10-20 15:05:12 UTC
Magnitude is not shaking
Magnitude describes the earthquake’s size. The shaking experienced at a place depends on distance, depth, local ground conditions and the rupture.
Depth needs context
A reported depth describes the location of the earthquake underground. Some solutions use an assigned depth; uncertainty and review status matter.
Nearby does not mean aftershock
Our regional search finds events by distance and time. Establishing an aftershock sequence requires seismological assessment.
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In the daily journal
20 October 2026 ↗SOURCE ID usgs:us6000u3jd