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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag strikes near Saipan in Northern Mariana Islands

Posted by admin on November 30, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 17.5573S, 145.8326WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 259 km N of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands (161 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nv43. Id of event: us7000nv43. The temblor was picked up at 10:33:40 / 10:33 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/11/24 / 2024-11-30 10:33:40 / November 30, 2024 @ 10:33 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 194.438 km (121 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 145.8326 East, latitude 17.5573 North, depth = 194.438 km.

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.

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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: 259 km N of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 145.8326° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.5573° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 194.438 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 259 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 2024-11-30 10:33:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-30 10:51:36 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 400 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 89 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.304 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.11 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 77 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 us7000nv43 Id of event.
Event Code 7000nv43 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nv43, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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