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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Colonia in Micronesia


Earthquake location 9.1205S, 137.8332WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Colonia in Micronesia on Sunday. The temblor was reported at 23:47:04 / 11:47 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 02/02/25 / 2025-02-02 23:47:04 / February 2, 2025 @ 11:47 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 137.8332 East, latitude 9.1205 North, depth = 10 km. Event id: us7000pcq8. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pcq8.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Colonia (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Micronesia (c. 108 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 54 km (34 miles) from Colonia (c. 7 400 pop).

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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 54 km SW of Colonia, Micronesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 137.8332° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 9.1205° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 54 km SW of Colonia, Micronesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-02-02 23:47:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-10 21:59:06 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 326 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 26 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.764 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.15 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 135 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 us7000pcq8 Id of event.
Event Code 7000pcq8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pcq8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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