A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Rota in Northern Mariana Islands. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/05/16 / 2016-05-25 20:22:59 / May 25, 2016 @ 8:22 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 145.3009 East, latitude 14.1959 North, depth = 106.75 km. Id of earthquake: us20005zdz. Event ids that are associated: us20005zdz. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 106.75 km (66 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:22:59 / 6:22 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Guam (c. 159 000 pop), Northern Mariana Islands (c. 54 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Jose Village, Dededo Village, Yigo Village. Epicenter of the earthquake was 90 km (56 miles) from Dededo Village (c. 44 900 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Yigo Village (c. 20 500 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from San Jose Village (c. 15 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 11 km ENE of Rota, Northern Mariana Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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