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Moderate earthquake: M5.4 quake has struck near Pagan in Northern Mariana Islands

Posted by admin on August 22, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location 17.606S, 145.4925WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 63 km SSW of Pagan, Northern Mariana Islands (39 miles). The temblor was picked up at 21:02:40 / 9:02 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 511.86 km (318 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 22/08/19 / 2019-08-22 11:02:40 / August 22, 2019 @ 11:02 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 511.86 km, 145.4925° East, 17.606° North. Unique identifier: us70005719. Ids that are associated to the event: us70005719. 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 63 km SSW of Pagan, Northern Mariana Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 145.4925° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.606° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 511.86 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 63km SSW of Pagan, 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 2019-08-22 11:02:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-08-22 11:18:32 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 1.115 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 449 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 2.369 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.05 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 52 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us70005719 Id of event.
Event Code 70005719 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70005719, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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