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<identifier>USGS-earthquakes-us2009lva9.6.20090921T165729.528Z</identifier>
<sender>http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsUS/contacts.htm#us</sender>
<sent>2009-09-21T16:57:29+00:00</sent>
<status>Actual</status>
<msgType>Alert</msgType>
<scope>Public</scope>
<info>
<category>Geo</category>
<event>Earthquake</event>
<urgency>Past</urgency>
<severity>Unknown</severity>
<certainty>Likely</certainty>
<senderName>U.S. Geological Survey</senderName>
<headline>EQ 4.7 Pagan, Northern Mariana Islands - PRELIMINARY REPORT</headline>
<description>An earthquake with magnitude 4.7 occurred near Pagan, Northern Mariana Islands at 15:41:06.01 UTC on Sep 21, 2009. (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)</description>
<web>http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2009lva9.php</web>
<contact>http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsUS/contacts.htm#us</contact>
<parameter>EventTime=2009-09-21T15:41:06+00:00</parameter>
<parameter>EventIDKey=us2009lva9</parameter>
<parameter>Version=6</parameter>
<parameter>Magnitude=4.7</parameter>
<parameter>Depth=35.0 km (21.7 miles)</parameter>
<parameter>HorizontalError=16.8 km</parameter>
<parameter>NumStations=18</parameter>
<parameter>NumPhases=18</parameter>
<parameter>MinDistance=2,330.9 km</parameter>
<parameter>RMSTimeError=1.03 seconds</parameter>
<parameter>AzimuthalGap=101 degrees</parameter>
<area>
<areaDesc>117 miles (188 km) SE of Pagan, Northern Mariana Islands; 162 miles (261 km) NE of SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands; 298 miles (479 km) NNE of HAGATNA, Guam; 1349 miles (2171 km) SSE of Shizuoka, Honshu, Japan</areaDesc>
<circle>17.089,147.165 0.0</circle>
</area>
</info>
</alert>

