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Moderate earthquake 5.7 mag, 237 km NE of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands

Posted by admin on August 18, 2015 0 Comments

Earthquake location 21.9263S, 146.641WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 237 km NE of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands (147 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 146.641° East, latitude 21.9263° North, depth = 2.59 km. The temblor was reported at 00:42:31 / 12:42 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 2.59 km (2 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/08/15 / 2015-08-17 14:42:31 / August 17, 2015 @ 2:42 pm. Id of earthquake: us100032we. Event ids that are associated: us100032we, gcmt20150817144231.

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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 237 km NE of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 146.641° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 21.9263° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 2.59 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 237km NE 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 2015-08-17 14:42:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-08-17 22:45:11 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 600 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 0 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 500 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,gcmt, 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 6.553 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.65 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 18 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us100032we Id of event.
Event Code 100032we An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us100032we,gcmt20150817144231, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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