A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 218 km WNW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands (135 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 11/08/17 / 2017-08-11 02:04:46 / August 11, 2017 @ 2:04 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 293.12 km, 143.1176° East, 21.5962° North. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000a76b. Unique identifier: us2000a76b. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 293.12 km (182 miles). The temblor was picked up at 12:04:46 / 12:04 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 218 km WNW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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