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Moderate earthquake, 5.6 mag was detected near Fais in Micronesia


Earthquake location 10.8618S, 141.216WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 143 km NNE of Fais, Micronesia (89 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 141.216° East, 10.8618° North, depth 10 km. The temblor was reported at 05:44:19 / 5:44 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mwf5. Id of event: us6000mwf5. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/05/24 / 2024-05-05 05:44:19 / May 5, 2024 @ 5:44 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 143 km NNE of Fais, Micronesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 141.216° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 10.8618° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 143 km NNE of Fais, Micronesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-05 05:44:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-16 05:54:22 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 0 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 482 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 87 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.483 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.28 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 72 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 us6000mwf5 Id of event.
Event Code 6000mwf5 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mwf5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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