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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Pagan in Northern Mariana Islands

Posted by admin on April 18, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.3138S, 145.4435WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 41 km WNW of Pagan, Northern Mariana Islands (25 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 177.29 km (110 miles). Unique identifier: us20005c9n. Ids that are associated to the event: us20005c9n. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 145.4435 East, latitude 18.3138 North, depth = 177.29 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 22/03/16 / 2016-03-22 14:53:50 / March 22, 2016 @ 2:53 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 00:53:50 / 12:53 am (local time epicenter).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 41 km WNW of Pagan, Northern Mariana Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 145.4435° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.3138° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 177.29 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 41km WNW of Pagan, 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 2016-03-22 14:53:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-04-18 21:09:18 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 271 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 3.073 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.28 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 132 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 us20005c9n Id of event.
Event Code 20005c9n An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20005c9n, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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