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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Farallon de Pajaros in Northern Mariana Islands

Posted by admin on July 17, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location 21.8804S, 143.3478WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 219 km NW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands (136 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 143.3478 East, latitude 21.8804 North, depth = 209.92 km. 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: 20/06/19 / 2019-06-20 08:47:08 / June 20, 2019 @ 8:47 am. The temblor was picked up at 18:47:08 / 6:47 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700046p4. Id of event: us700046p4. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 209.92 km (130 miles) below the earth’s surface.

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 219 km NW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 143.3478° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 21.8804° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 209.92 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 219km NW of Farallon de Pajaros, 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 2019-06-20 08:47:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-07-17 09:01:26 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 259 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 5.299 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.59 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 155 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 us700046p4 Id of event.
Event Code 700046p4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us700046p4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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