A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 210 km NNW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands (130 miles) on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, 143.9155° East, 22.1988° North, depth 119.94 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 119.94 km (75 miles). The temblor was picked up at 05:48:51 / 5:48 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10002y8q. Ids that are associated to the event: us10002y8q. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 05/08/15 / 2015-08-05 19:48:51 / August 5, 2015 @ 7:48 pm UTC/GMT.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 210 km NNW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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