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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Anatahan in Northern Mariana Islands

Posted by admin on December 17, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 15.866S, 145.7937WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Anatahan in Northern Mariana Islands on Sunday. 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: 18/11/17 / 2017-11-18 16:14:53 / November 18, 2017 @ 4:14 pm. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:14:53 / 2:14 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 145.7937° East, 15.866° North, depth 119.3 km. Event id: us2000buzj. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000buzj. The epicenter was at a depth of 119.3 km (74 miles).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Northern Mariana Islands (c. 54 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Saipan (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Saipan (c. 48 200 pop).

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 two and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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 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: 56 km SSE of Anatahan, Northern Mariana Islands.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 145.7937° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.866° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 119.3 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 56km SSE of Anatahan, 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 2017-11-18 16:14:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-12-17 21:20:37 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 600 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 312 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 0.621 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.4 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 80 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 us2000buzj Id of event.
Event Code 2000buzj An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000buzj, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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