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Moderate earthquake, 5.4 mag has occurred near Colonia in Micronesia


Earthquake location 11.0201S, 138.6927WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 177 km NNE of Colonia, Micronesia (110 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 22/04/24 / 2024-04-22 12:22:49 / April 22, 2024 @ 12:22 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 12:22:49 / 12:22 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 138.6927 East, latitude 11.0201 North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us7000mduf. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000mduf. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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.

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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: 177 km NNE of Colonia, Micronesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 138.6927° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 11.0201° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 177 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 12:22:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-06 14:36:42 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 3.046 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 449 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 120 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 6.553 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.58 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 28 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 us7000mduf Id of event.
Event Code 7000mduf An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mduf, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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