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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag strikes near Rota in Northern Mariana Islands


Earthquake location 13.9938S, 145.2436WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Rota in Northern Mariana Islands on Thursday. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:06:11 / 4:06 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 123.08 km (76 miles). Id of earthquake: us1000g8wd. Event ids that are associated: us1000g8wd. Exact location of event, depth 123.08 km, 145.2436° East, 13.9938° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/08/18 / 2018-08-08 18:06:11 / August 8, 2018 @ 6:06 pm.

Nearby country/countries, Guam (c. 159 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Inarajan Village, Agat Village, Santa Rita Village. Earthquake epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Dededo Village (c. 44 900 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Yigo Village (c. 20 500 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village (c. 19 700 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Mangilao Village (c. 15 200 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Barrigada Village (c. 8 900 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Santa Rita Village (c. 7 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Mongmong-Toto-Maite Village (c. 6 800 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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 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: 18 km SSE of Rota, Northern Mariana Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 145.2436° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.9938° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 123.08 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 18km SSE 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 2018-08-08 18:06:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-08-23 22:54:33 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 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 0.542 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 123 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 us1000g8wd Id of event.
Event Code 1000g8wd An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000g8wd, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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