A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 238 km N of Faraulep, Micronesia (148 miles). Exact location of event, depth 21.06 km, 144.7752° East, 10.726° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/10/16 / 2016-10-12 10:39:15 / October 12, 2016 @ 10:39 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us20007dd3. Event ids that are associated: us20007dd3. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 21.06 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 20:39:15 / 8:39 pm (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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