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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 201 km NNE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands


Earthquake location 16.9497S, 146.3138WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 201 km NNE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands (125 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 54.38 km (34 miles). The temblor was detected at 11:22:09 / 11:22 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/08/20 / 2020-08-08 11:22:09 / August 8, 2020 @ 11:22 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000be2z. Id of event: us6000be2z. Exact location of event, depth 54.38 km, 146.3138° East, 16.9497° North.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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: 201 km NNE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 146.3138° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 16.9497° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 54.38 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 201 km 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 2020-08-08 11:22:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-09-04 12:39:20 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 1.772 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 165 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 us6000be2z Id of event.
Event Code 6000be2z An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000be2z, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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