A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 41 km SSW of Pagan, Northern Mariana Islands (25 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 145.6408 East, latitude 17.7588 North, depth = 203.08 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 203.08 km (126 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004rqx. Id of event: us10004rqx. 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: 18/02/16 / 2016-02-18 06:24:47 / February 18, 2016 @ 6:24 am. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:24:47 / 4:24 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 four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 41 km SSW of Pagan, Northern Mariana Islands.
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