A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 212 km ESE of Rota, Northern Mariana Islands (132 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/10/17 / 2017-10-03 16:02:47 / October 3, 2017 @ 4:02 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 02:02:47 / 2:02 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 147.0814 East, latitude 13.6012 North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000apns. Id of event: us1000apns. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 212 km ESE of Rota, Northern Mariana Islands.
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