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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag has occurred near Anatahan in Northern Mariana Islands


Earthquake location 16.4284S, 146.3492WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 73 km E of Anatahan, Northern Mariana Islands (45 miles). The temblor was detected at 16:32:14 / 4:32 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/10/19 / 2019-10-13 06:32:14 / October 13, 2019 @ 6:32 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70005tty. Id of event: us70005tty. 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 35.31 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 146.3492 East, latitude 16.4284 North, depth = 35.31 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 73 km E of Anatahan, Northern Mariana Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 146.3492° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 16.4284° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35.31 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 73km E of Anatahan, 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 2019-10-13 06:32:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-10-13 06:53:05 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 400 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 1.298 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.08 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 49 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 us70005tty Id of event.
Event Code 70005tty An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70005tty, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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