A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 33 km W of Agrihan, Northern Mariana Islands (21 miles). 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 192.18 km (119 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 145.3486° East, 18.7282° North, depth 192.18 km. Event id: us10006cyj. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006cyj. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/08/16 / 2016-08-09 00:36:01 / August 9, 2016 @ 12:36 am. The temblor was reported at 10:36:01 / 10:36 am (local time epicenter).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 33 km W of Agrihan, Northern Mariana Islands.
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