A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 26 kilometers (16 miles) from JP Tinian Town pre-WW2 in Northern Mariana Islands on Friday. 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: 04/02/16 / 2016-02-04 18:03:00 / February 4, 2016 @ 6:03 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us20004yzk. Unique identifier: us20004yzk. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 145.3825 East, latitude 15.0102 North, depth = 13.75 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:03:00 / 4:03 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13.75 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Saipan, San Jose Village (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Northern Mariana Islands (c. 54 000 pop). The epicenter was 46 km (28 miles) from Saipan (c. 48 200 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from San Jose Village (c. 15 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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