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Light earthquake: M4.5 quake has struck near Saipan in Northern Mariana Islands


Earthquake location 15.8282S, 147.1308WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 162 km ENE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands (101 miles) on Friday. Exact location of event, depth 32.242 km, 147.1308° East, 15.8282° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 32.242 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/05/24 / 2024-05-10 19:29:30 / May 10, 2024 @ 7:29 pm. Unique identifier: us6000mz01. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000mz01. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:29:30 / 7:29 pm (local time epicenter).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 162 km ENE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 147.1308° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.8282° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 32.242 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 162 km ENE 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 2024-05-10 19:29:30 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-05 18:14:53 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 1.419 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 69 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 us6000mz01 Id of event.
Event Code 6000mz01 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mz01, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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