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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag has occurred near Rota in Northern Mariana Islands


Earthquake location 13.9004S, 146.1171WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 102 km ESE of Rota, Northern Mariana Islands (63 miles). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:18:51 / 11:18 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 41.02 km (25 miles). 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: 13/02/18 / 2018-02-13 01:18:51 / February 13, 2018 @ 1:18 am. Id of earthquake: us2000d18l. Event ids that are associated: us2000d18l. Exact location of event, longitude 146.1171 East, latitude 13.9004 North, depth = 41.02 km.

In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 102 km ESE of Rota, Northern Mariana Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 146.1171° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.9004° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 41.02 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 102km 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 2018-02-13 01:18:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-02-13 03:18:43 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 369 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 1.252 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.06 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 205 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 us2000d18l Id of event.
Event Code 2000d18l An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000d18l, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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