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Moderate earthquake 5.2 mag, 171 km NNE of Colonia, Micronesia


Earthquake location 10.9536S, 138.7036WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 171 km NNE of Colonia, Micronesia (106 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/04/24 / 2024-04-22 11:40:13 / April 22, 2024 @ 11:40 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 11:40:13 / 11:40 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 138.7036° East, 10.9536° North. Event id: us7000mdu9. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mdu9. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 171 km NNE of Colonia, Micronesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 138.7036° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 10.9536° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 171 km NNE of Colonia, Micronesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-04-22 11:40:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-03 18:32:38 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 416 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 88 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 6.57 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.98 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 37 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000mdu9 Id of event.
Event Code 7000mdu9 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mdu9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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