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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag was detected near Rota in Northern Mariana Islands

Posted by admin on September 27, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 14.1161S, 145.0833WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Rota in Northern Mariana Islands. The temblor was reported at 09:44:12 / 9:44 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/09/17 / 2017-09-26 23:44:12 / September 26, 2017 @ 11:44 pm. Unique identifier: us2000av6e. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000av6e. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 145.0833 East, latitude 14.1161 North, depth = 114.67 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 114.67 km (71 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearby country/countries, Guam (c. 159 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 72 km (44 miles) from Dededo Village (c. 44 900 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Yigo Village (c. 20 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village (c. 19 700 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Mangilao Village (c. 15 200 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Barrigada Village (c. 8 900 pop), 93 km (57 miles) from Santa Rita Village (c. 7 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Mongmong-Toto-Maite Village (c. 6 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Inarajan Village, Agat Village, Santa Rita Village (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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: 13 km WSW of Rota, Northern Mariana Islands.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 145.0833° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.1161° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 114.67 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 13km WSW 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 2017-09-26 23:44:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-09-27 00:15:56 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 600 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 3 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.2 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 355 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 0.563 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.79 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 64 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 us2000av6e Id of event.
Event Code 2000av6e An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000av6e, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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