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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag strikes near Maug Islands region, Northern Mariana Islands

Posted by admin on December 27, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.5251S, 144.7656WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) strikes Maug Islands region, Northern Mariana Islands (0 miles) on Friday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/12/24 / 2024-12-27 10:43:47 / December 27, 2024 @ 10:43 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 402.138 km (250 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 144.7656° East, latitude 19.5251° North, depth = 402.138 km. Id of earthquake: us6000pfvu. Event ids that are associated: us6000pfvu. The temblor was picked up at 10:43:47 / 10:43 am (local time epicenter).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 144.7656° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.5251° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 402.138 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 2024-12-27 10:43:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-27 11:04:03 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 416 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 93 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.371 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 106 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 us6000pfvu Id of event.
Event Code 6000pfvu An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pfvu, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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