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Light earthquake 4.7 mag, 182 km NE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands

Posted by admin on December 13, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 16.519S, 146.7899WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 182 km NE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands (113 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 64.794 km (40 miles). The temblor was detected at 22:45:18 / 10:45 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 13/12/24 / 2024-12-13 22:45:18 / December 13, 2024 @ 10:45 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us7000nyqi. Event ids that are associated: us7000nyqi. Exact location, longitude 146.7899° East, latitude 16.519° North, depth = 64.794 km.

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 182 km NE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 146.7899° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 16.519° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 64.794 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 182 km NE 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 2024-12-13 22:45:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-13 23:19:47 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 340 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 40 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.595 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.73 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 157 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 us7000nyqi Id of event.
Event Code 7000nyqi An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nyqi, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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