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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Saipan in Northern Mariana Islands


Earthquake location 15.9127S, 146.259WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 94 kilometers (58 miles) from Saipan in Northern Mariana Islands on Tuesday. Id of earthquake: us6000nie3. Event ids that are associated: us6000nie3. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/07/24 / 2024-07-23 04:18:30 / July 23, 2024 @ 4:18 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 04:18:30 / 4:18 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 146.259° East, 15.9127° North, depth 35 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Close country/countries, Northern Mariana Islands (c. 54 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Saipan. Epicenter of the event was 95 km (59 miles) from Saipan (c. 48 200 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days seven 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 94 km NE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 146.259° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.9127° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 94 km NE 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 2024-07-23 04:18:30 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-07 01:48:00 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 298 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 13 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.807 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.3 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 144 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 us6000nie3 Id of event.
Event Code 6000nie3 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nie3, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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