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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands


Earthquake location 18.8469S, 145.7138WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands (0 miles) on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nyih. Unique identifier: us7000nyih. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/12/24 / 2024-12-02 15:11:06 / December 2, 2024 @ 3:11 pm. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:11:06 / 3:11 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 185.078 km (115 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 145.7138 East, latitude 18.8469 North, depth = 185.078 km.

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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 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: Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 145.7138° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.8469° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 185.078 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 2024-12-02 15:11:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-15 21:43:22 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 55 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.587 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.96 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 100 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 us7000nyih Id of event.
Event Code 7000nyih An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nyih, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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