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Light earthquake: M4.8 quake has struck near Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands

Posted by admin on January 21, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.4423S, 145.7779WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands (0 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 189.666 km (118 miles). The temblor was picked up at 02:10:42 / 2:10 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 145.7779 East, latitude 18.4423 North, depth = 189.666 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/01/25 / 2025-01-21 02:10:42 / January 21, 2025 @ 2:10 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000plcp. Event ids that are associated: us6000plcp.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 145.7779° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.4423° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 189.666 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 2025-01-21 02:10:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-21 02:22:38 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 354 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 50 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.184 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.56 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 112 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 us6000plcp Id of event.
Event Code 6000plcp An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000plcp, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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