A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Saipan in Northern Mariana Islands. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/04/17 / 2017-04-05 04:59:09 / April 5, 2017 @ 4:59 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 81.47 km (51 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 81.47 km, 145.9477° East, 15.3915° North. The temblor was reported at 14:59:09 / 2:59 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10008gme. Ids that are associated to the event: us10008gme.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Jose Village, Saipan (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 29 km (18 miles) from Saipan (c. 48 200 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from San Jose Village (c. 15 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Northern Mariana Islands (c. 54 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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: 28 km NE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands.
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