A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 131 km NW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands (81 miles). The temblor was picked up at 21:58:35 / 9:58 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 179.27 km, 143.9598° East, 21.3361° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 179.27 km (111 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/12/16 / 2016-12-14 11:58:35 / December 14, 2016 @ 11:58 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us10007m1i. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007m1i.
In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each 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. 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: 131 km NW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands.
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