A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 58 km SSE of Pagan, Northern Mariana Islands (36 miles) on Monday. Unique identifier: us10004ewv. Ids that are associated to the event: us10004ewv. The epicenter was at a depth of 184.35 km (115 miles). Global time and date of event 11/01/16 / 2016-01-11 13:56:04 / January 11, 2016 @ 1:56 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:56:04 / 11:56 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 145.9469° East, latitude 17.6129° North, depth = 184.35 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 58 km SSE of Pagan, Northern Mariana Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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