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Strong earthquake, 6.3 mag was detected near Saipan in Northern Mariana Islands

Posted by admin on September 16, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 17.1423S, 147.1803WA earthquake magnitude 6.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 262 km NE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands (163 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 42.882 km, 147.1803° East, 17.1423° North. All ids that are associated to the event: pt24260001, us7000ne84. Unique identifier: us7000ne84. The 6.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:36:35 / 11:36 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 42.882 km (27 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/09/24 / 2024-09-16 11:36:35 / September 16, 2024 @ 11:36 am.

Each year there are an estimated 135 quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.

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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 262 km NE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 147.1803° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.1423° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 42.882 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 262 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 2024-09-16 11:36:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-16 11:59:31 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 11 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.3 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.623 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 614 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 ,pt,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 134 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.315 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.24 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 33 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000ne84 Id of event.
Event Code 7000ne84 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt24260001,us7000ne84, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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