Moderate earthquake, 5.8 mag was detected near Fais in Micronesia

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 234 km NNE of Fais, Micronesia (145 miles). The temblor was picked up at 15:33:40 / 3:33 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 46.62 km (29 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 141.7007° East, 11.532° North, depth 46.62 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006q2n. Id of event: us70006q2n. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/12/19 / 2019-12-23 06:33:40 / December 23, 2019 @ 6:33 am UTC/GMT.

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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.

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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. 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: 234 km NNE of Fais, Micronesia.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	141.7007° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	11.532° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	46.62 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	234km NNE of Fais, Micronesia	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2019-12-23 06:33:40	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-12-23 06:55:18	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	540	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	0	The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level	green	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	518	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	5.423	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.8 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	30	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us70006q2n	Id of event.
Event Code	70006q2n	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us70006q2n,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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