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Light earthquake: M4.6 quake has struck near Saipan in Northern Mariana Islands

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Earthquake location 15.9496S, 147.2513WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 180 km ENE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands (112 miles). Exact location, longitude 147.2513° East, latitude 15.9496° 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 reported at 02:51:17 / 2:51 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/11/24 / 2024-11-13 02:51:17 / November 13, 2024 @ 2:51 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us7000nuwa. Event ids that are associated: us7000nuwa.

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 180 km ENE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 147.2513° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.9496° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 180 km ENE 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 2024-11-13 02:51:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-03 00:58:18 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 23 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.576 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.4 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 98 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 us7000nuwa Id of event.
Event Code 7000nuwa An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nuwa, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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