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Northern Mariana Islands earthquakes in 1983

31 earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more were located in Northern Mariana Islands in 1983. The largest: M6.3 Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands, Sep 14, 1983.

From the USGS catalog. Times are local to each quake.

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Where every quake of 1983 was located in Northern Mariana Islands. Select one for its page.

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Every quake of 1983

Magnitude 2.5 and up, newest first.

  1. 4.7128 km NE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands · 83 km deep
  2. 5.0281 km NNE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands · 33 km deep
  3. 4.8274 km NNE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands · 48 km deep
  4. 5.1126 km ESE of San Jose Village, Northern Mariana Islands · 71 km deep
  5. 5.2135 km ENE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands · 52 km deep
  6. 5.0Maug Islands region, Northern Mariana Islands · 121 km deep
  7. 6.3Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands · 159 km deep
  8. 5.0151 km ESE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands · 29 km deep
  9. 4.8Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands · 85 km deep
  10. 4.7159 km NNW of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands · 109 km deep
  11. 4.5Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands · 220 km deep
  12. 5.3250 km NE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands · 37 km deep
  13. 5.1Maug Islands region, Northern Mariana Islands · 164 km deep
  14. 5.2139 km ESE of San Jose Village, Northern Mariana Islands · 66 km deep
  15. 5.0Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands · 33 km deep
  16. 4.9239 km ENE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands · 33 km deep
  17. 4.9124 km NNE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands · 107 km deep
  18. 4.8144 km ESE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands · 33 km deep
  19. 5.158 km NE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands · 89 km deep
  20. 4.7Maug Islands region, Northern Mariana Islands · 33 km deep
  21. 4.9135 km ESE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands · 33 km deep
  22. 4.7Rota region, Northern Mariana Islands · 54 km deep
  23. 4.6Maug Islands region, Northern Mariana Islands · 70 km deep
  24. 5.0Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands · 173 km deep
  25. 4.9Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands · 75 km deep
  26. 4.2Maug Islands region, Northern Mariana Islands · 240 km deep
  27. 4.8Maug Islands region, Northern Mariana Islands · 164 km deep
  28. 5.0102 km ESE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands · 76 km deep
  29. 4.5Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands · 247 km deep
  30. 4.4135 km ESE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands · 59 km deep
  31. 4.7257 km NE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands · 44 km deep

The largest

The 25 largest of 1983 in Northern Mariana Islands.

  1. 6.3Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands · 159 km deep
  2. 5.3250 km NE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands · 37 km deep
  3. 5.2135 km ENE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands · 52 km deep
  4. 5.2139 km ESE of San Jose Village, Northern Mariana Islands · 66 km deep
  5. 5.1126 km ESE of San Jose Village, Northern Mariana Islands · 71 km deep
  6. 5.1Maug Islands region, Northern Mariana Islands · 164 km deep
  7. 5.158 km NE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands · 89 km deep
  8. 5.0281 km NNE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands · 33 km deep
  9. 5.0Maug Islands region, Northern Mariana Islands · 121 km deep
  10. 5.0151 km ESE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands · 29 km deep
  11. 5.0Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands · 33 km deep
  12. 5.0Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands · 173 km deep
  13. 5.0102 km ESE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands · 76 km deep
  14. 4.9239 km ENE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands · 33 km deep
  15. 4.9124 km NNE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands · 107 km deep
  16. 4.9135 km ESE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands · 33 km deep
  17. 4.9Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands · 75 km deep
  18. 4.8274 km NNE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands · 48 km deep
  19. 4.8Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands · 85 km deep
  20. 4.8144 km ESE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands · 33 km deep
  21. 4.8Maug Islands region, Northern Mariana Islands · 164 km deep
  22. 4.7128 km NE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands · 83 km deep
  23. 4.7159 km NNW of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands · 109 km deep
  24. 4.7Maug Islands region, Northern Mariana Islands · 33 km deep
  25. 4.7Rota region, Northern Mariana Islands · 54 km deep

Month by month

Counted by UTC date, which is how the catalog files them.

MonthQuakesLargestWhere
January 198345.0102 km ESE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
February 198324.8Maug Islands region, Northern Mariana Islands
March 198314.9Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands
April 198375.158 km NE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
May 19830
June 198324.9239 km ENE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
July 198335.2139 km ESE of San Jose Village, Northern Mariana Islands
August 198335.3250 km NE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
September 198336.3Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands
October 198325.2135 km ENE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
November 198315.1126 km ESE of San Jose Village, Northern Mariana Islands
December 198335.0281 km NNE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands

What this means

The catalog is only as complete as the instruments of the time. Worldwide coverage of magnitude 5 and up dates from the 1960s, and of 4.5 from the 1990s; earlier years hold the large quakes and the ones near a station, so a low count in an early year means fewer instruments, not a quiet earth.

By year

Every year the USGS catalog covers.

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Sources

Earthquakes, magnitudes, depths, shaking estimates and felt reports from the U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program, read from its live feeds and its catalog back to 1900. Tsunami messages from NOAA’s tsunami warning centers.