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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near Mariana Islands region


Earthquake location 21.4996S, 143.0925WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, Mariana Islands region (0 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 305.65 km (190 miles). Global time and date of event 29/08/20 / 2020-08-29 00:15:34 / August 29, 2020 @ 12:15 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000bh2j. Id of event: us7000bh2j. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 143.0925° East, 21.4996° North, depth 305.65 km. The temblor was detected at 00:15:34 / 12:15 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 three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: Mariana Islands region.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 143.0925° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 21.4996° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 305.65 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Mariana Islands region Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-08-29 00:15:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-09-05 00:55:46 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 259 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 11.931 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.67 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 82 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 us7000bh2j Id of event.
Event Code 7000bh2j An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000bh2j, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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