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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag was detected near Saipan in Northern Mariana Islands


Earthquake location 14.6145S, 147.0217WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 151 km ESE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands (94 miles). Event id: us20002xwj. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002xwj. The temblor was reported at 23:02:10 / 11:02 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 16/07/15 / 2015-07-16 13:02:10 / July 16, 2015 @ 1:02 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 34.34 km (21 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 147.0217 East, latitude 14.6145 North, depth = 34.34 km.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 151 km ESE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 147.0217° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.6145° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 34.34 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 151km ESE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-07-16 13:02:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-07-16 13:14:02 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 600 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 416 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.324 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.21 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 114 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us20002xwj Id of event.
Event Code 20002xwj An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20002xwj, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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