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Moderate earthquake, 5.9 mag has occurred near Anatahan in Northern Mariana Islands

Posted by admin on August 18, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location 16.575S, 146.427WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 84 km ENE of Anatahan, Northern Mariana Islands (52 miles). The temblor was reported at 04:00:29 / 4:00 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/08/19 / 2019-08-18 18:00:29 / August 18, 2019 @ 6:00 pm. Event id: pt19230050. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt19230050. Exact location of event, depth 33.5 km, 146.427° East, 16.575° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 33.5 km (21 miles).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 84 km ENE of Anatahan, Northern Mariana Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 146.427° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 16.575° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 33.5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 84km ENE of Anatahan, 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 2019-08-18 18:00:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-08-18 18:09:43 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 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 17 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 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 pt19230050 Id of event.
Event Code 19230050 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt19230050, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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