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Strong earthquake 6.2 mag, 415 km N of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands

Posted by admin on June 13, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.9196S, 145.1144WA earthquake magnitude 6.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 415 km N of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands (258 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 614.72 km (382 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us6000abgq. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000abgq. The 6.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:08:30 / 9:08 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 145.1144 East, latitude 18.9196 North, depth = 614.72 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 13/06/20 / 2020-06-13 21:08:30 / June 13, 2020 @ 9:08 pm UTC/GMT.

Each year there are an estimated 135 quakes in the world. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 415 km N of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 145.1144° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.9196° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 614.72 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 415 km N 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 2020-06-13 21:08:30 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-06-13 21:27:32 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 591 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 3.714 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.95 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 14 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 us6000abgq Id of event.
Event Code 6000abgq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000abgq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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