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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Farallon de Pajaros in Northern Mariana Islands


Earthquake location 20.89S, 144.5997WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 49 km NW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands (30 miles) on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/03/20 / 2020-03-03 04:03:47 / March 3, 2020 @ 4:03 am. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:03:47 / 2:03 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 144.5997° East, 20.89° North, depth 137.16 km. Id of earthquake: us60008b6c. Event ids that are associated: us60008b6c. The epicenter was at a depth of 137.16 km (85 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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 49 km NW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 144.5997° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 20.89° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 137.16 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 49km NW 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 2020-03-03 04:03:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-03-26 23:15:39 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 284 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 6.56 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.46 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 130 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 us60008b6c Id of event.
Event Code 60008b6c An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60008b6c, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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