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Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Mariana Islands region


Earthquake location 21.617S, 143.0314WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes Mariana Islands region (0 miles) on Sunday. The temblor was picked up at 12:37:55 / 12:37 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 297.567 km (185 miles). Id of earthquake: us7000ngkv. Event ids that are associated: us7000ngkv. Exact location of earthquake, 143.0314° East, 21.617° North, depth 297.567 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/09/24 / 2024-09-22 12:37:55 / September 22, 2024 @ 12:37 pm.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: Mariana Islands region. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 143.0314° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 21.617° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 297.567 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Mariana Islands region Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-22 12:37:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-01 11:55:35 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 28 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 5.509 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.73 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 116 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 us7000ngkv Id of event.
Event Code 7000ngkv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ngkv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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