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Light earthquake 4.4 mag, 36 km SE of Rota, Northern Mariana Islands

Posted by admin on October 26, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 13.9509S, 145.4736WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Rota in Northern Mariana Islands. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 12/10/17 / 2017-10-12 17:50:19 / October 12, 2017 @ 5:50 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us1000aui6. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000aui6. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 95.53 km (59 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 95.53 km, 145.4736° East, 13.9509° North. The temblor was reported at 03:50:19 / 3:50 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sinajana Village, Hagåtña, Mongmong-Toto-Maite Village (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Dededo Village (c. 44 900 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Yigo Village (c. 20 500 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village (c. 19 700 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Mangilao Village (c. 15 200 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Barrigada Village (c. 8 900 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Mongmong-Toto-Maite Village (c. 6 800 pop). Close country/countries, Guam (c. 159 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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. 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: 36 km SE of Rota, Northern Mariana Islands.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 145.4736° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.9509° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 95.53 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 36km SE 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 2017-10-12 17:50:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-10-26 18:37:22 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 600 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 0.689 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.63 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 89 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 us1000aui6 Id of event.
Event Code 1000aui6 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000aui6, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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