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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Saipan in Northern Mariana Islands


Earthquake location 17.6135S, 145.8599WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 265 km N of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands (165 miles). The temblor was detected at 09:58:16 / 9:58 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 204.895 km (127 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 145.8599 East, latitude 17.6135 North, depth = 204.895 km. Unique identifier: us6000my1i. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000my1i. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/05/24 / 2024-05-12 09:58:16 / May 12, 2024 @ 9:58 am.

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days four 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: 265 km N of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 145.8599° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.6135° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 204.895 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 265 km N 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 2024-05-12 09:58:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-12 10:40:41 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 312 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 56 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.36 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.63 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 101 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 us6000my1i Id of event.
Event Code 6000my1i An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000my1i, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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