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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Saipan in Northern Mariana Islands


Earthquake location 15.1878S, 145.543WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Saipan in Northern Mariana Islands on Thursday. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:06:47 / 1:06 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 145.543 East, latitude 15.1878 North, depth = 131.777 km. Unique identifier: us7000n7y2. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000n7y2. Exact time and date of earthquake 01/08/24 / 2024-08-01 13:06:47 / August 1, 2024 @ 1:06 pm UTC/GMT. 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 131.777 km (82 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearby country/countries, Northern Mariana Islands (c. 54 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 23 km (14 miles) from Saipan (c. 48 200 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from San Jose Village (c. 15 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Jose Village, Saipan (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 22 km W of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 145.543° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.1878° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 131.777 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 22 km W 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 2024-08-01 13:06:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-19 20:26:55 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 271 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 23 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.243 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.4 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 117 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 us7000n7y2 Id of event.
Event Code 7000n7y2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n7y2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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