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Light earthquake: M4 quake has struck near Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands


Earthquake location 18.9722S, 145.284WA light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands (0 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 145.284 East, latitude 18.9722 North, depth = 341.534 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 341.534 km (212 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000p0c3. Id of event: us7000p0c3. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/12/24 / 2024-12-08 23:24:07 / December 8, 2024 @ 11:24 pm. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:24:07 / 11:24 pm (local time epicenter).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands. This data 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 145.284° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.9722° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 341.534 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 2024-12-08 23:24:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-23 04:13:24 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 19 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.742 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.41 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 136 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 us7000p0c3 Id of event.
Event Code 7000p0c3 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000p0c3, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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