A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 153 km NNE of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands (95 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location of event, longitude 145.2892 East, latitude 21.8752 North, depth = 49.09 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/07/16 / 2016-07-05 15:22:19 / July 5, 2016 @ 3:22 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:22:19 / 1:22 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 49.09 km (31 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us10006041. Unique identifier: us10006041.
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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: 153 km NNE of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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