Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag strikes near Mariana Islands region

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) strikes Mariana Islands region (0 miles) on Wednesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/10/24 / 2024-10-16 03:41:13 / October 16, 2024 @ 3:41 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 147.1036 East, latitude 19.1767 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 03:41:13 / 3:41 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000nyyl. Event ids that are associated: us6000nyyl.

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	147.1036° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.1767° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 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	2024-10-16 03:41:13	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-10-16 03:59:01	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	416	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	69	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	4.111	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.74 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	87	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us6000nyyl	Id of event.
Event Code	6000nyyl	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000nyyl,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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