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Strong earthquake: M6.4 quake has struck near Saipan in Northern Mariana Islands


Earthquake location 17.171S, 147.509WA earthquake magnitude 6.4 (ml/mb) strikes 286 km NE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands (178 miles) on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, 147.509° East, 17.171° North, depth 10 km. Unique identifier: pt24260001. Ids that are associated to the event: pt24260001. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 11:36:31 / 11:36 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/09/24 / 2024-09-16 11:36:31 / September 16, 2024 @ 11:36 am UTC/GMT.

Each year there are an estimated 135 quakes in the world. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 286 km NE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 147.509° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.171° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 286 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 11:36:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-16 11:47:39 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 630 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network pt The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,pt, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 18 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 129.599989632 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type Mi The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID pt24260001 Id of event.
Event Code 24260001 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt24260001, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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