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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands


Earthquake location 18.7641S, 146.8267WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands (0 miles). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:08:39 / 11:08 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 69.878 km (43 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/09/24 / 2024-09-23 11:08:39 / September 23, 2024 @ 11:08 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 146.8267 East, latitude 18.7641 North, depth = 69.878 km. Id of earthquake: us7000ngug. Event ids that are associated: us7000ngug.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 146.8267° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.7641° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 69.878 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 2024-09-23 11:08:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-07 06:32:52 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 259 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 13 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.642 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.93 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 60 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 us7000ngug Id of event.
Event Code 7000ngug An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ngug, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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