A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 267 km NW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands (166 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/11/15 / 2015-11-14 08:48:31 / November 14, 2015 @ 8:48 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 142.8717 East, latitude 22.0363 North, depth = 249.47 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us10003z92. Unique identifier: us10003z92. The epicenter was at a depth of 249.47 km (155 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 18:48:31 / 6:48 pm (local time epicenter).
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 three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 267 km NW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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