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Light earthquake 4.6 mag, 29 km NNE of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands


Earthquake location 20.7946S, 144.9634WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 29 km NNE of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands (18 miles) on Friday. Exact location of event, longitude 144.9634 East, latitude 20.7946 North, depth = 116.88 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 116.88 km (73 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 06:27:20 / 6:27 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002we8. Id of event: us20002we8. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 09/07/15 / 2015-07-09 20:27:20 / July 9, 2015 @ 8:27 pm UTC/GMT.

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 one and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 29 km NNE of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 144.9634° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 20.7946° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 116.88 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 29km NNE of Farallon de Pajaros, 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 2015-07-09 20:27:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-07-09 22:39:33 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 600 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 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 326 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 6.767 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.79 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 111 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 us20002we8 Id of event.
Event Code 20002we8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20002we8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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