A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 11 km WSW of Agrihan, Northern Mariana Islands (7 miles) on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 168.21 km, 145.5641° East, 18.7331° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/08/16 / 2016-08-05 23:21:32 / August 5, 2016 @ 11:21 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 168.21 km (105 miles). Id of earthquake: us10006cbr. Event ids that are associated: us10006cbr. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:21:32 / 9:21 am (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days thirty-eight, in the past 30 days thirty-eight and in the last 365 days eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 11 km WSW of Agrihan, Northern Mariana Islands.
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