Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 37 km S of San Jose Village, Northern Mariana Islands

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from San Jose Village in Northern Mariana Islands. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 107.189 km (67 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/08/24 / 2024-08-22 20:53:39 / August 22, 2024 @ 8:53 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 145.6718 East, latitude 14.6373 North, depth = 107.189 km. Event id: us7000ndl6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ndl6. The temblor was picked up at 20:53:39 / 8:53 pm (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Northern Mariana Islands (c. 54 000 pop). Event epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Saipan (c. 48 200 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from San Jose Village (c. 15 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Saipan, San Jose Village (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 37 km S of San Jose Village, Northern Mariana Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	145.6718° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	14.6373° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	107.189 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	37 km S of San Jose Village, 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	2024-08-22 20:53:39	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-09-14 15:48:48	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	33	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.604	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.52 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	156	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	us7000ndl6	Id of event.
Event Code	7000ndl6	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000ndl6,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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