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Light earthquake, 4 mag strikes near Maug Islands region, Northern Mariana Islands


Earthquake location 19.1314S, 145.1436WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, Maug Islands region, Northern Mariana Islands (0 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nvnn. Id of event: us7000nvnn. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 383.244 km (238 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/11/24 / 2024-11-17 04:20:27 / November 17, 2024 @ 4:20 am. The temblor was picked up at 04:20:27 / 4:20 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 383.244 km, 145.1436° East, 19.1314° North.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six 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.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: Maug Islands region, Northern Mariana Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 145.1436° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.1314° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 383.244 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Maug Islands 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 2024-11-17 04:20:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-05 05:11:01 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 246 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 31 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.925 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.72 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 79 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 us7000nvnn Id of event.
Event Code 7000nvnn An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nvnn, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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