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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Farallon de Pajaros in Northern Mariana Islands


Earthquake location 21.6437S, 143.225WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 212 km NW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands (132 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 143.225 East, latitude 21.6437 North, depth = 306 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 03:59:15 / 3:59 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 306 km (190 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us200067ii. Unique identifier: us200067ii. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/06/16 / 2016-06-22 17:59:15 / June 22, 2016 @ 5:59 pm.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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: 212 km NW 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 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 143.225° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 21.6437° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 306 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 212km NW 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 2016-06-22 17:59:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-07-11 19:27:29 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 259 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 5.51 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.43 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 189 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 us200067ii Id of event.
Event Code 200067ii An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us200067ii, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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