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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Farallon de Pajaros in Northern Mariana Islands


Earthquake location 21.5414S, 143.1809WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 210 km WNW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands (130 miles). Event id: us10004gur. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004gur. Exact location of earthquake, 143.1809° East, 21.5414° North, depth 285.73 km. The temblor was reported at 02:31:26 / 2:31 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 24/01/16 / 2016-01-24 16:31:26 / January 24, 2016 @ 4:31 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 285.73 km (178 miles) below the earth’s surface.

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 three and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 210 km WNW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 143.1809° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 21.5414° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 285.73 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 210km WNW 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 2016-01-24 16:31:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-01-24 18:21:55 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 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 284 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 5.603 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.61 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 109 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 us10004gur Id of event.
Event Code 10004gur An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10004gur, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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