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Light earthquake 4.1 mag, 104 km NE of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands


Earthquake location 21.2551S, 145.5471WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 104 km NE of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands (65 miles). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:54:16 / 2:54 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us600052z7. Unique identifier: us600052z7. Exact time and date of earthquake 04/08/19 / 2019-08-04 16:54:16 / August 4, 2019 @ 4:54 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 145.5471° East, 21.2551° North, depth 35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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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. 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: 104 km NE of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 145.5471° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 21.2551° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 104km NE 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 2019-08-04 16:54:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-08-11 14:15:27 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 6.574 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.81 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 257 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 us600052z7 Id of event.
Event Code 600052z7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us600052z7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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