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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Saipan in Northern Mariana Islands


Earthquake location 16.7778S, 146.4602WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 188 km NNE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands (117 miles) on Friday. The epicenter was at a depth of 66.214 km (41 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 146.4602 East, latitude 16.7778 North, depth = 66.214 km. The temblor was picked up at 06:24:08 / 6:24 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000mtz6. Unique identifier: us6000mtz6. Exact time and date of earthquake 19/04/24 / 2024-04-19 06:24:08 / April 19, 2024 @ 6:24 am UTC/GMT.

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 188 km NNE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 146.4602° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 16.7778° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 66.214 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 188 km NNE 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 2024-04-19 06:24:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-12 09:28:36 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 284 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 30 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.523 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.45 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 120 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 us6000mtz6 Id of event.
Event Code 6000mtz6 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mtz6, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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