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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Saipan in Northern Mariana Islands


Earthquake location 17.0733S, 145.5194WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 207 km N of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands (129 miles) on Sunday. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:22:31 / 6:22 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 145.5194 East, latitude 17.0733 North, depth = 367.128 km. Event id: us7000nn52. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nn52. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 367.128 km (228 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/10/24 / 2024-10-06 18:22:31 / October 6, 2024 @ 6:22 pm.

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 207 km N of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 145.5194° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.0733° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 367.128 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 207 km N of Saipan, 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 2024-10-06 18:22:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-27 13:28:57 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 28 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.841 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.56 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 143 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 us7000nn52 Id of event.
Event Code 7000nn52 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nn52, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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