A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 229 km NW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands (142 miles) on Thursday. Unique identifier: us10004wt6. Ids that are associated to the event: us10004wt6. The temblor was detected at 01:13:40 / 1:13 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 143.0978° East, 21.7411° North, depth 318 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/03/16 / 2016-03-09 15:13:40 / March 9, 2016 @ 3:13 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 318 km (198 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 229 km NW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands.
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