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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Colonia in Micronesia


Earthquake location 7.8196S, 137.1321WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 216 km SSW of Colonia, Micronesia (134 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 137.1321 East, latitude 7.8196 North, depth = 13.342 km. The temblor was picked up at 11:18:35 / 11:18 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000niw2. Id of event: us6000niw2. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 13.342 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/07/24 / 2024-07-25 11:18:35 / July 25, 2024 @ 11:18 am.

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 216 km SSW of Colonia, Micronesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 137.1321° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 7.8196° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 13.342 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 216 km SSW of Colonia, Micronesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-25 11:18:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-20 07:27:08 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 340 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 51 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 9.52 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.72 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 us6000niw2 Id of event.
Event Code 6000niw2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000niw2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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