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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag has occurred near Fais in Micronesia

Posted by admin on June 25, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 11.5334S, 141.9825WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 252 km NE of Fais, Micronesia (157 miles) on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 141.9825 East, latitude 11.5334 North, depth = 33.01 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 33.01 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200066r4. Id of event: us200066r4. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/06/16 / 2016-06-25 03:40:16 / June 25, 2016 @ 3:40 am UTC/GMT. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:40:16 / 12:40 pm (local time epicenter).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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: 252 km NE of Fais, Micronesia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 141.9825° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 11.5334° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 33.01 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 252km NE of Fais, Micronesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-06-25 03:40:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-06-25 04:02:58 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 540 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 354 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 3.48 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.64 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 140 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 us200066r4 Id of event.
Event Code 200066r4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us200066r4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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