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Moderate earthquake, 5.9 mag strikes near Rota in Northern Mariana Islands


Earthquake location 13.817S, 146.328WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 127 km ESE of Rota, Northern Mariana Islands (79 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 13/02/18 / 2018-02-13 01:11:46 / February 13, 2018 @ 1:11 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: pt18044000. Ids that are associated to the event: pt18044000. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 23.9 km (15 miles). The 5.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:11:46 / 11:11 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 23.9 km, 146.328° East, 13.817° North.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. 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: 127 km ESE of Rota, Northern Mariana Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 146.328° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.817° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 23.9 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 127km 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 01:11:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-02-13 01:21:10 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 536 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 11 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 215.99998272 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 pt18044000 Id of event.
Event Code 18044000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt18044000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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