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Moderate earthquake, 5.3 mag was detected near Farallon de Pajaros in Northern Mariana Islands


Earthquake location 20.2657S, 145.2449WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was reported 47 km SE of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands (29 miles) on Thursday. The temblor was picked up at 18:11:56 / 6:11 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 145.2449° East, latitude 20.2657° North, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/09/17 / 2017-09-28 08:11:56 / September 28, 2017 @ 8:11 am. Event id: us2000avtg. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000avtg. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 47 km SE of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 145.2449° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 20.2657° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 47km SE 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 2017-09-28 08:11:56 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-09-28 08:26:34 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 432 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 6.649 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.74 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 102 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 us2000avtg Id of event.
Event Code 2000avtg An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000avtg, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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