A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 271 km NW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands (168 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 41.58 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 15:25:57 / 3:25 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 143.0351 East, latitude 22.2596 North, depth = 41.58 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us200081f6. Unique identifier: us200081f6. Global time and date of event 09/12/16 / 2016-12-09 05:25:57 / December 9, 2016 @ 5:25 am UTC/GMT.
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 three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 271 km NW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands.
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