A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 88 km SW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands (55 miles) on Friday. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:37:24 / 10:37 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 06/11/15 / 2015-11-06 00:37:24 / November 6, 2015 @ 12:37 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 144.3543 East, latitude 19.9304 North, depth = 428.26 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 428.26 km (266 miles). Id of earthquake: us10003w83. Event ids that are associated: us10003w83.
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. 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 88 km SW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands.
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