A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 188 km NW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands (117 miles). Event id: us10004wt8. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004wt8. The temblor was picked up at 04:38:48 / 4:38 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 09/03/16 / 2016-03-09 18:38:48 / March 9, 2016 @ 6:38 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 222.51 km (138 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 143.4833 East, latitude 21.605 North, depth = 222.51 km.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 188 km NW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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