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Light earthquake, 4 mag was detected near Agrihan in Northern Mariana Islands


Earthquake location 18.7413S, 145.3987WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 28 km W of Agrihan, Northern Mariana Islands (17 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 193.9 km (120 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/08/16 / 2016-08-30 16:43:58 / August 30, 2016 @ 4:43 pm. Exact location of event, depth 193.9 km, 145.3987° East, 18.7413° North. The temblor was picked up at 02:43:58 / 2:43 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us10006rja. Event ids that are associated: us10006rja.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days thirty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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: 28 km W of Agrihan, Northern Mariana Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 145.3987° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.7413° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 193.9 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 28km W 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 2016-08-30 16:43:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-09-25 15:14:46 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 246 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 3.501 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.35 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 150 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 us10006rja Id of event.
Event Code 10006rja An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10006rja, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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