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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands

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Earthquake location 18.9494S, 145.5954WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands (0 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/12/24 / 2024-12-22 12:24:45 / December 22, 2024 @ 12:24 pm. Event id: us6000phlt. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000phlt. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 250.387 km (156 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:24:45 / 12:24 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 145.5954 East, latitude 18.9494 North, depth = 250.387 km.

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.

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

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 145.5954° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.9494° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 250.387 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 2024-12-22 12:24:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-12 07:34:16 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 298 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 22 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.693 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.78 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 147 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 us6000phlt Id of event.
Event Code 6000phlt An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000phlt, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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