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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands


Earthquake location 18.9689S, 145.4662WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands (0 miles) on Friday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/08/24 / 2024-08-02 22:50:54 / August 2, 2024 @ 10:50 pm. Exact location, longitude 145.4662° East, latitude 18.9689° North, depth = 193.843 km. Id of earthquake: us7000n8m1. Event ids that are associated: us7000n8m1. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 193.843 km (120 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 22:50:54 / 10:50 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

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 six, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 145.4662° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.9689° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 193.843 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Pagan region, 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 2024-08-02 22:50:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-27 05:27:27 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 3.72 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.49 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 141 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 us7000n8m1 Id of event.
Event Code 7000n8m1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n8m1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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