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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Saipan in Northern Mariana Islands

Posted by admin on February 11, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 15.3605S, 146.268WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Saipan in Northern Mariana Islands. The epicenter was at a depth of 79.74 km (50 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 146.268 East, latitude 15.3605 North, depth = 79.74 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 22:49:04 / 10:49 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000crdx. Id of event: us2000crdx. Global time and date of event 17/01/18 / 2018-01-17 12:49:04 / January 17, 2018 @ 12:49 pm UTC/GMT.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 57 km (36 miles) from Saipan (c. 48 200 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from San Jose Village (c. 15 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Northern Mariana Islands (c. 54 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Jose Village, Saipan.

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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.

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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: 57 km ENE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 146.268° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.3605° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 79.74 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 57km ENE of Saipan, 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 2018-01-17 12:49:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-02-11 09:39:13 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 284 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 0.477 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.65 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 142 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 us2000crdx Id of event.
Event Code 2000crdx An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000crdx, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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