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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Alamagan region, Northern Mariana Islands

Posted by admin on January 24, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 17.99S, 146.1167WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported Alamagan region, Northern Mariana Islands (0 miles) on Monday. Event id: us6000pj6g. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pj6g. Exact location of event, longitude 146.1167 East, latitude 17.99 North, depth = 128.936 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 128.936 km (80 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:29:30 / 7:29 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/12/24 / 2024-12-30 07:29:30 / December 30, 2024 @ 7:29 am.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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 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: Alamagan region, Northern Mariana Islands.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 146.1167° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.99° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 128.936 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Alamagan 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 2024-12-30 07:29:30 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-24 13:43:51 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 24 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.752 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.69 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 150 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 us6000pj6g Id of event.
Event Code 6000pj6g An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pj6g, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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