A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 125 km NW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands (78 miles) on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us10007mag. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007mag. The temblor was detected at 08:52:22 / 8:52 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/12/16 / 2016-12-16 22:52:22 / December 16, 2016 @ 10:52 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 115.16 km (72 miles). Exact location, longitude 143.9339° East, latitude 21.2195° North, depth = 115.16 km.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 125 km NW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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