A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 187 km N of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands (116 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 144.9936° East, 22.2296° North, depth 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 05:45:17 / 5:45 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us10004rrm. Event ids that are associated: us10004rrm. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/02/16 / 2016-02-18 19:45:17 / February 18, 2016 @ 7:45 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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 two and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 187 km N of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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