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


Earthquake location 18.8075S, 145.2581WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands (0 miles) on Sunday. Event id: us7000nh53. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nh53. The epicenter was at a depth of 236.976 km (147 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 145.2581 East, latitude 18.8075 North, depth = 236.976 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:40:55 / 7:40 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/09/24 / 2024-09-29 19:40:55 / September 29, 2024 @ 7:40 pm.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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 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 145.2581° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.8075° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 236.976 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 2024-09-29 19:40:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-29 20:01:14 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 59 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.583 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 124 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 us7000nh53 Id of event.
Event Code 7000nh53 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nh53, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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