A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 63 km N of Anatahan, Northern Mariana Islands (39 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/05/16 / 2016-05-20 23:53:28 / May 20, 2016 @ 11:53 pm. Exact location, longitude 145.6143° East, latitude 16.9317° North, depth = 267.92 km. The temblor was picked up at 09:53:28 / 9:53 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005y50. Id of event: us20005y50. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 267.92 km (166 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 63 km N of Anatahan, Northern Mariana Islands.
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