Minor earthquake 3.9 mag, 13 km N of Northern Islands Municipality – Mayor’s Office, Northern Mariana Islands

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) strikes 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Northern Islands Municipality – Mayor’s Office in Northern Mariana Islands on Saturday. Exact location of event, depth 94.54 km, 145.717° East, 15.3324° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/11/19 / 2019-11-23 08:51:19 / November 23, 2019 @ 8:51 am. Event id: us70006ehk. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006ehk. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 94.54 km (59 miles). The temblor was detected at 18:51:19 / 6:51 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries, Northern Mariana Islands (c. 54 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Jose Village, Saipan. Epicenter of the event was 14 km (9 miles) from Saipan (c. 48 200 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from San Jose Village (c. 15 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. 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: 13 km N of Northern Islands Municipality – Mayor’s Office, Northern Mariana Islands.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	145.717° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	15.3324° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	94.54 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	13km N of Northern Islands Municipality - Mayor's Office, 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	2019-11-23 08:51:19	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-12-07 11:43:49	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	234	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	0.114	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.72 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	114	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	us70006ehk	Id of event.
Event Code	70006ehk	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us70006ehk,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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