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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag has occurred near Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands


Earthquake location 18.8345S, 145.7159WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands (0 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 145.7159 East, latitude 18.8345 North, depth = 194.39 km. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:17:18 / 9:17 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000msvf. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000msvf. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 194.39 km (121 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/06/24 / 2024-06-16 21:17:18 / June 16, 2024 @ 9:17 pm.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.

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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: Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 145.7159° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.8345° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 194.39 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Pagan region, 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 2024-06-16 21:17:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-16 21:32:59 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 354 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 93 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.574 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.85 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 80 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 us7000msvf Id of event.
Event Code 7000msvf An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000msvf, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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