A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 220 km ESE of Pagan, Northern Mariana Islands (137 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100042lk. Id of event: us100042lk. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:51:47 / 10:51 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/12/15 / 2015-12-02 00:51:47 / December 2, 2015 @ 12:51 am. Exact location of event, longitude 147.598 East, latitude 17.1547 North, depth = 10 km.
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 four and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 220 km ESE of Pagan, Northern Mariana Islands.
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