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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Saipan in Northern Mariana Islands


Earthquake location 17.3657S, 145.7052WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 238 km N of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands (148 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/05/24 / 2024-05-30 15:41:08 / May 30, 2024 @ 3:41 pm. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:41:08 / 3:41 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 145.7052 East, latitude 17.3657 North, depth = 127.339 km. Event id: us7000mqnf. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mqnf. 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 127.339 km (79 miles).

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 238 km N of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 145.7052° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.3657° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 127.339 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 238 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 2024-05-30 15:41:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-17 16:21:57 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 27 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.114 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.79 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 102 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 us7000mqnf Id of event.
Event Code 7000mqnf An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mqnf, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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