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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag has occurred near Saipan in Northern Mariana Islands

Posted by admin on July 28, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 14.8374S, 146.7729WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was reported 117 km ESE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands (73 miles) on Sunday. Global time and date of event 28/07/24 / 2024-07-28 14:19:43 / July 28, 2024 @ 2:19 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000ngi6. Unique identifier: us6000ngi6. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 14:19:43 / 2:19 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 146.7729° East, 14.8374° North, depth 10 km.

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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: 117 km ESE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 146.7729° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.8374° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 117 km ESE 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 2024-07-28 14:19:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-28 14:37:16 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 416 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 48 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.027 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.99 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 121 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 us6000ngi6 Id of event.
Event Code 6000ngi6 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000ngi6, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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