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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands


Earthquake location 18.8809S, 145.523WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands (0 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 03/12/24 / 2024-12-03 17:34:47 / December 3, 2024 @ 5:34 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 145.523 East, latitude 18.8809 North, depth = 235.884 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 235.884 km (147 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000nvpq. Event ids that are associated: us7000nvpq. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:34:47 / 5:34 pm (local time epicenter).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 145.523° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.8809° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 235.884 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 2024-12-03 17:34:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-03 18:13:06 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 326 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 80 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.629 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.01 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 65 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 us7000nvpq Id of event.
Event Code 7000nvpq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nvpq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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