A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 41 km W of Agrihan, Northern Mariana Islands (25 miles). The temblor was reported at 14:41:02 / 2:41 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us10008emj. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008emj. Exact location of event, longitude 145.2782 East, latitude 18.7044 North, depth = 263.48 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 263.48 km (164 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/03/17 / 2017-03-30 04:41:02 / March 30, 2017 @ 4:41 am.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 41 km W of Agrihan, Northern Mariana Islands.
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