Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Saipan in Northern Mariana Islands

A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Saipan in Northern Mariana Islands on Wednesday. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000p70p. Unique identifier: us6000p70p. The temblor was reported at 02:12:10 / 2:12 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 145.8049° East, 15.9698° North, depth 143.765 km. Global time and date of event 06/11/24 / 2024-11-06 02:12:10 / November 6, 2024 @ 2:12 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 143.765 km (89 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Saipan. The epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Saipan (c. 48 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Northern Mariana Islands (c. 54 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Each 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 two and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. 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: 83 km N of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	145.8049° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	15.9698° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	143.765 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	83 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	2024-11-06 02:12:10	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-11-25 01:35:11	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	340	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	26	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.732	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.66 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	113	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	us6000p70p	Id of event.
Event Code	6000p70p	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000p70p,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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