A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 69 km S of Pagan, Northern Mariana Islands (43 miles) on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 162.83 km (101 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 20:10:24 / 8:10 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us100033mw. Ids that are associated to the event: us100033mw. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/08/15 / 2015-08-20 10:10:24 / August 20, 2015 @ 10:10 am. Exact location, longitude 145.7316° East, latitude 17.4847° North, depth = 162.83 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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 one and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 69 km S of Pagan, Northern Mariana Islands.
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