Light earthquake, 4.9 mag has occurred near Fais in Micronesia

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 249 km NNE of Fais, Micronesia (155 miles) on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 18:14:00 / 6:14 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 38.462 km (24 miles). Unique identifier: us6000q6kv. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000q6kv. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 141.6119 East, latitude 11.7508 North, depth = 38.462 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/04/25 / 2025-04-16 18:14:00 / April 16, 2025 @ 6:14 pm.

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 249 km NNE of Fais, Micronesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	141.6119° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	11.7508° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	38.462 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	249 km 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	2025-04-16 18:14:00	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-04-16 18:58:05	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	369	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	78	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	3.666	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.7 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	68	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	us6000q6kv	Id of event.
Event Code	6000q6kv	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000q6kv,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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