A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 58 km WSW of Agrihan, Northern Mariana Islands (36 miles) on Sunday. Id of earthquake: us100076xb. Event ids that are associated: us100076xb. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:02:47 / 9:02 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 207.96 km (129 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 145.1369 East, latitude 18.6245 North, depth = 207.96 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 06/11/16 / 2016-11-06 11:02:47 / November 6, 2016 @ 11:02 am UTC/GMT.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 58 km WSW of Agrihan, Northern Mariana Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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