A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 242 km NNW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands (150 miles) on Friday. Global time and date of event 02/06/16 / 2016-06-02 17:07:04 / June 2, 2016 @ 5:07 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us2000602s. Event ids that are associated: us2000602s. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 127.2 km (79 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 143.6431° East, 22.384° North, depth 127.2 km. The temblor was detected at 03:07:04 / 3:07 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every 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.
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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: 242 km NNW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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