A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 190 km NNW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands (118 miles) on Thursday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 78.64 km (49 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us100078s1. Ids that are associated to the event: us100078s1. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:12:03 / 12:12 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/11/16 / 2016-11-09 14:12:03 / November 9, 2016 @ 2:12 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 144.0022 East, latitude 22.0363 North, depth = 78.64 km.
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 one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 190 km NNW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands.
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