A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 187 km ENE of Anatahan, Northern Mariana Islands (116 miles) on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 147.2896 East, latitude 17.0039 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us1000auh9. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000auh9. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:31:09 / 7:31 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 20/10/17 / 2017-10-20 09:31:09 / October 20, 2017 @ 9:31 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eight 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 187 km ENE of Anatahan, Northern Mariana Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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