A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 31 km ENE of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands (19 miles). The temblor was reported at 10:21:35 / 10:21 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 145.1558° East, latitude 20.6908° North, depth = 62.79 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 62.79 km (39 miles). Global time and date of event 04/10/16 / 2016-10-04 00:21:35 / October 4, 2016 @ 12:21 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us20007dpj. Unique identifier: us20007dpj.
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 one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 31 km ENE of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands.
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