A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 109 km W of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands (68 miles). Exact location of event, depth 60.77 km, 143.8591° East, 20.6789° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 11/12/16 / 2016-12-11 10:49:40 / December 11, 2016 @ 10:49 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us20007zy0. Ids that are associated to the event: us20007zy0. The epicenter was at a depth of 60.77 km (38 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 20:49:40 / 8:49 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 109 km W of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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