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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag was detected near Saipan in Northern Mariana Islands

Posted by admin on May 17, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 17.0523S, 145.3641WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 207 km NNW of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands (129 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 145.3641 East, latitude 17.0523 North, depth = 489.707 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 489.707 km (304 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/04/24 / 2024-04-20 03:42:24 / April 20, 2024 @ 3:42 am. The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:42:24 / 3:42 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000mde4. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mde4.

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 207 km NNW of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 145.3641° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.0523° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 489.707 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 207 km NNW 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 2024-04-20 03:42:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-15 03:52:30 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 385 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 123 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.847 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.83 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 38 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 us7000mde4 Id of event.
Event Code 7000mde4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mde4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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