A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 270 km NW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands (168 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:32:44 / 4:32 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 142.9785° East, latitude 22.1964° North, depth = 21.21 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/07/16 / 2016-07-06 18:32:44 / July 6, 2016 @ 6:32 pm UTC/GMT. 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 21.21 km (13 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100061eu. Id of event: us100061eu.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 270 km NW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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