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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Farallon de Pajaros in Northern Mariana Islands

Posted by admin on July 7, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 22.9872S, 144.1344WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 282 km NNW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands (175 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 144.1344 East, latitude 22.9872 North, depth = 44.48 km. The temblor was reported at 03:09:37 / 3:09 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000eq30. Id of event: us1000eq30. 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 44.48 km (28 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/06/18 / 2018-06-08 17:09:37 / June 8, 2018 @ 5:09 pm.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 282 km NNW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 144.1344° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 22.9872° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 44.48 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 282km 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 2018-06-08 17:09:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-07-07 17:15:07 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 4.456 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.6 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 168 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 us1000eq30 Id of event.
Event Code 1000eq30 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000eq30, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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