A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 117 km NW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands (73 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/12/16 / 2016-12-14 13:02:35 / December 14, 2016 @ 1:02 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 144.1247 East, latitude 21.3102 North, depth = 70.33 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us10007m1m. Unique identifier: us10007m1m. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 70.33 km (44 miles). The temblor was picked up at 23:02:35 / 11:02 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 117 km NW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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