A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 23 km NNW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands (14 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 24/12/16 / 2016-12-24 10:10:16 / December 24, 2016 @ 10:10 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us10007mhi. Unique identifier: us10007mhi. The temblor was picked up at 20:10:16 / 8:10 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 46.26 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 144.8357° East, 20.7425° North, depth 46.26 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 23 km NNW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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