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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Saipan in Northern Mariana Islands


Earthquake location 15.2608S, 145.9398WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Saipan in Northern Mariana Islands. Event id: us1000efdy. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000efdy. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 109.82 km, 145.9398° East, 15.2608° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/05/18 / 2018-05-27 16:43:44 / May 27, 2018 @ 4:43 pm. The temblor was picked up at 02:43:44 / 2:43 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 109.82 km (68 miles) below the earth’s surface.

The epicenter was 21 km (13 miles) from Saipan (c. 48 200 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from San Jose Village (c. 15 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Northern Mariana Islands (c. 54 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Jose Village, Saipan (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 two and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 20 km ENE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 145.9398° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.2608° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 109.82 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 20km ENE of Saipan, 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 2018-05-27 16:43:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-06-04 14:58:24 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 284 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 0.146 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.34 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 172 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 us1000efdy Id of event.
Event Code 1000efdy An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000efdy, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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