A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) strikes 134 km NE of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands (83 miles) on Friday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/12/15 / 2015-12-04 04:25:50 / December 4, 2015 @ 4:25 am. The temblor was detected at 14:25:50 / 2:25 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000438a. Unique identifier: us1000438a. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 145.7271 East, latitude 21.4675 North, depth = 10 km.
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 134 km NE of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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