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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Rota in Northern Mariana Islands


Earthquake location 14.1959S, 145.3009WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Rota in Northern Mariana Islands. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/05/16 / 2016-05-25 20:22:59 / May 25, 2016 @ 8:22 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 145.3009 East, latitude 14.1959 North, depth = 106.75 km. Id of earthquake: us20005zdz. Event ids that are associated: us20005zdz. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 106.75 km (66 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:22:59 / 6:22 am (local time epicenter).

Country/countries that might be effected, Guam (c. 159 000 pop), Northern Mariana Islands (c. 54 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Jose Village, Dededo Village, Yigo Village. Epicenter of the earthquake was 90 km (56 miles) from Dededo Village (c. 44 900 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Yigo Village (c. 20 500 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from San Jose Village (c. 15 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 11 km ENE of Rota, Northern Mariana Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 145.3009° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.1959° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 106.75 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11km ENE of Rota, 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 2016-05-25 20:22:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-06-16 15:05:28 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 0.734 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.66 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 129 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 us20005zdz Id of event.
Event Code 20005zdz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20005zdz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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