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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag was detected near Rota in Northern Mariana Islands


Earthquake location 13.475S, 146.0296WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was reported 116 km SE of Rota, Northern Mariana Islands (72 miles) on Tuesday. Exact location of event, depth 34.99 km, 146.0296° East, 13.475° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200041hf. Id of event: us200041hf. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 34.99 km (22 miles). The temblor was detected at 11:10:44 / 11:10 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/11/15 / 2015-11-03 01:10:44 / November 3, 2015 @ 1:10 am.

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 116 km SE of Rota, Northern Mariana Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 146.0296° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.475° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 34.99 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 116km SE of Rota, 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 2015-11-03 01:10:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-11-03 01:22:47 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 600 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 6 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.5 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 418 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 1.135 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.59 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 122 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 us200041hf Id of event.
Event Code 200041hf An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us200041hf, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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