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Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near San Jose Village in Northern Mariana Islands


Earthquake location 14.1835S, 145.6544WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 86 kilometers (53 miles) from San Jose Village in Northern Mariana Islands on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 08:46:06 / 8:46 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nuyu. Unique identifier: us7000nuyu. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/11/24 / 2024-11-15 08:46:06 / November 15, 2024 @ 8:46 am. Exact location of earthquake, 145.6544° East, 14.1835° North, depth 107.402 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 107.402 km (67 miles).

Earthquake epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from San Jose Village (c. 15 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Jose Village (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Northern Mariana Islands (c. 54 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 86 km S of San Jose Village, Northern Mariana Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 145.6544° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.1835° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 107.402 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 86 km S of San Jose Village, 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 2024-11-15 08:46:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-04 09:05:26 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 271 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 0.965 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.47 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 87 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 us7000nuyu Id of event.
Event Code 7000nuyu An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nuyu, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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