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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Saipan in Northern Mariana Islands

Posted by admin on April 21, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 15.7531S, 146.0687WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Saipan in Northern Mariana Islands. The temblor was reported at 23:29:49 / 11:29 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 146.0687° East, 15.7531° North, depth 127.74 km. Unique identifier: us7000912w. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000912w. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 14/04/20 / 2020-04-14 13:29:49 / April 14, 2020 @ 1:29 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 127.74 km (79 miles).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Northern Mariana Islands (c. 54 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Saipan (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 69 km (43 miles) from Saipan (c. 48 200 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 68 km NNE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 146.0687° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.7531° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 127.74 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 68km NNE of Saipan, 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 2020-04-14 13:29:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-04-21 18:36:04 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 0.576 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 92 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 us7000912w Id of event.
Event Code 7000912w An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000912w, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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