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Strong earthquake, 6.2 mag was detected near Rota in Northern Mariana Islands

Posted by admin on February 11, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 13.835S, 146.521WA earthquake magnitude 6.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 146 km ESE of Rota, Northern Mariana Islands (91 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/02/18 / 2018-02-11 23:14:18 / February 11, 2018 @ 11:14 pm. Id of earthquake: pt18042001. Event ids that are associated: pt18042001. The temblor was picked up at 09:14:18 / 9:14 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 41.9 km, 146.521° East, 13.835° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 41.9 km (26 miles).

Each year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. 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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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: 146 km ESE of Rota, Northern Mariana Islands.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 146.521° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.835° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 41.9 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 146km ESE 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 2018-02-11 23:14:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-02-11 23:26:45 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 600 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 4 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.7 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 592 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network pt The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,pt, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 16 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 190.799984736 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type Mi The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID pt18042001 Id of event.
Event Code 18042001 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt18042001, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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