A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 50 km N of Agrihan, Northern Mariana Islands (31 miles). Global time and date of event 01/05/16 / 2016-05-01 13:21:45 / May 1, 2016 @ 1:21 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 145.7279° East, 19.2155° North, depth 116.58 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 23:21:45 / 11:21 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 116.58 km (72 miles). Id of earthquake: us10005gc5. Event ids that are associated: us10005gc5.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 four and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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