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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 68 km NNE of Agrihan, Northern Mariana Islands


Earthquake location 19.3671S, 145.8276WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 68 km NNE of Agrihan, Northern Mariana Islands (42 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 176.92 km (110 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 145.8276 East, latitude 19.3671 North, depth = 176.92 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/03/16 / 2016-03-17 05:16:11 / March 17, 2016 @ 5:16 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 15:16:11 / 3:16 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us20005bh9. Event ids that are associated: us20005bh9.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 68 km NNE of Agrihan, Northern Mariana Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 145.8276° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.3671° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 176.92 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 68km NNE of Agrihan, 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 2016-03-17 05:16:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-04-13 10:33:39 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 271 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 5.818 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.41 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 137 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 us20005bh9 Id of event.
Event Code 20005bh9 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20005bh9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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