A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 34 km SSE of Agrihan, Northern Mariana Islands (21 miles) on Friday. Exact time and date of earthquake 04/08/16 / 2016-08-04 15:05:59 / August 4, 2016 @ 3:05 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 186.72 km (116 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:05:59 / 1:05 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 145.7419° East, latitude 18.4607° North, depth = 186.72 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us10006a20. Unique identifier: us10006a20.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days sixty-eight 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 34 km SSE of Agrihan, Northern Mariana Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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