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Light earthquake: M4.1 quake has struck near Saipan in Northern Mariana Islands

Posted by admin on December 15, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 15.4004S, 145.5471WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Saipan in Northern Mariana Islands. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nyg4. Id of event: us7000nyg4. The epicenter was at a depth of 225.106 km (140 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:58:21 / 5:58 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 145.5471 East, latitude 15.4004 North, depth = 225.106 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/11/24 / 2024-11-30 05:58:21 / November 30, 2024 @ 5:58 am.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Jose Village, Saipan (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Northern Mariana Islands (c. 54 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 31 km (19 miles) from Saipan (c. 48 200 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from San Jose Village (c. 15 000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seven 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. 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: 30 km NW of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 145.5471° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.4004° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 225.106 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 30 km NW 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 2024-11-30 05:58:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-15 11:55:02 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 259 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 20 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.282 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.8 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 107 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 us7000nyg4 Id of event.
Event Code 7000nyg4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nyg4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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