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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag was detected near Rota in Northern Mariana Islands

Posted by admin on October 19, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location 14.0025S, 145.4097WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Rota in Northern Mariana Islands. The epicenter was at a depth of 94.09 km (58 miles). Id of earthquake: us70005vys. Event ids that are associated: us70005vys. The temblor was reported at 22:42:08 / 10:42 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 145.4097 East, latitude 14.0025 North, depth = 94.09 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/10/19 / 2019-10-19 12:42:08 / October 19, 2019 @ 12:42 pm.

The epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Dededo Village (c. 44 900 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Yigo Village (c. 20 500 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village (c. 19 700 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Mangilao Village (c. 15 200 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Barrigada Village (c. 8 900 pop), 105 km (65 miles) from Santa Rita Village (c. 7 500 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Mongmong-Toto-Maite Village (c. 6 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Guam (c. 159 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Agat Village, Santa Rita Village, Talofofo Village (min 5000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 27 km SE of Rota, Northern Mariana Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 145.4097° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.0025° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 94.09 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 27km SE 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 2019-10-19 12:42:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-10-19 13:01:01 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 600 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 7 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.8 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 419 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 0.667 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.86 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 42 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 us70005vys Id of event.
Event Code 70005vys An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70005vys, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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