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Moderate earthquake, 5.8 mag has occurred near Farallon de Pajaros in Northern Mariana Islands


Earthquake location 21.2801S, 144.4297WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.8 (ml/mb) strikes 95 km NNW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands (59 miles) on Wednesday. All ids that are associated to the event: us200080m3. Unique identifier: us200080m3. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 38.13 km (24 miles). The 5.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:01:25 / 12:01 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 14/12/16 / 2016-12-14 02:01:25 / December 14, 2016 @ 2:01 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 144.4297° East, 21.2801° North, depth 38.13 km.

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes 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 three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 95 km NNW 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 5.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 144.4297° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 21.2801° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 38.13 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 95km NNW 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 2016-12-14 02:01:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-12-14 02:20:30 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 3.55 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 518 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 6.141 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.07 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 48 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwp The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us200080m3 Id of event.
Event Code 200080m3 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us200080m3, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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