A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 37 km NNW of Pagan, Northern Mariana Islands (23 miles) on Wednesday. Unique identifier: us10006aev. Ids that are associated to the event: us10006aev. The temblor was reported at 00:59:18 / 12:59 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 02/08/16 / 2016-08-02 14:59:18 / August 2, 2016 @ 2:59 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 145.5926 East, latitude 18.4049 North, depth = 198.29 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 198.29 km (123 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-three, in the last 10 days fifty-seven, in the past 30 days fifty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and eleven 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 37 km NNW of Pagan, Northern Mariana Islands.
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