A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 74 km S of Pagan, Northern Mariana Islands (46 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000ataf. Unique identifier: us1000ataf. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:30:06 / 6:30 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/10/17 / 2017-10-09 20:30:06 / October 9, 2017 @ 8:30 pm. Exact location of event, depth 183.33 km, 145.7799° East, 17.4388° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 183.33 km (114 miles) below the earth’s surface.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 74 km S of Pagan, Northern Mariana Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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