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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands


Earthquake location 18.5745S, 145.6172WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands (0 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 198.31 km (123 miles). The temblor was detected at 16:25:13 / 4:25 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/08/20 / 2020-08-28 16:25:13 / August 28, 2020 @ 4:25 pm. Unique identifier: us7000bgkk. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000bgkk. Exact location of event, longitude 145.6172 East, latitude 18.5745 North, depth = 198.31 km.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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: Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 145.6172° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.5745° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 198.31 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Pagan region, 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 2020-08-28 16:25:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-09-06 15:58:45 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 271 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 3.319 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.57 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 125 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 us7000bgkk Id of event.
Event Code 7000bgkk An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000bgkk, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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