A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 38 km NW of Agrihan, Northern Mariana Islands (24 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000699m. Unique identifier: us1000699m. Exact location of event, longitude 145.368 East, latitude 18.9694 North, depth = 194.96 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 04:31:42 / 4:31 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 194.96 km (121 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/08/16 / 2016-08-01 18:31:42 / August 1, 2016 @ 6:31 pm.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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: 38 km NW of Agrihan, Northern Mariana Islands.
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