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Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands


Earthquake location 18.9782S, 145.6188WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands (0 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 230.447 km (143 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 145.6188 East, latitude 18.9782 North, depth = 230.447 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/09/24 / 2024-09-15 15:13:27 / September 15, 2024 @ 3:13 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000ng8q. Unique identifier: us7000ng8q. The temblor was picked up at 15:13:27 / 3:13 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-three 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 145.6188° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.9782° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 230.447 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 2024-09-15 15:13:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-26 16:32:51 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 25 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 0.45 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 145 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 us7000ng8q Id of event.
Event Code 7000ng8q An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ng8q, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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