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Light earthquake: M4.6 quake has struck near Farallon de Pajaros in Northern Mariana Islands


Earthquake location 22.1564S, 144.6013WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 181 km N of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands (112 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 144.6013 East, latitude 22.1564 North, depth = 35 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/09/19 / 2019-09-04 16:18:14 / September 4, 2019 @ 4:18 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us70005eub. Ids that are associated to the event: us70005eub. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:18:14 / 2:18 am (local time epicenter).

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

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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. 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: 181 km N of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 144.6013° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 22.1564° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 181km N 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 2019-09-04 16:18:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-09-12 00:56:48 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 326 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 5.386 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.19 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 159 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 us70005eub Id of event.
Event Code 70005eub An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70005eub, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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