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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Fais in Micronesia


Earthquake location 12.2122S, 141.1266WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 278 km NNE of Fais, Micronesia (173 miles) on Thursday. Exact location of event, longitude 141.1266 East, latitude 12.2122 North, depth = 50.96 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us20008kxi. Event ids that are associated: us20008kxi. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/02/17 / 2017-02-08 15:15:07 / February 8, 2017 @ 3:15 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 50.96 km (32 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:15:07 / 12:15 am (local time epicenter).

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 278 km NNE of Fais, Micronesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 141.1266° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.2122° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 50.96 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 278km NNE 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 2017-02-08 15:15:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-03-01 06:23:27 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 540 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 298 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 3.896 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.76 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 111 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 us20008kxi Id of event.
Event Code 20008kxi An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20008kxi, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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