A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 30 km SW of Agrihan, Northern Mariana Islands (19 miles). Event id: us1000awns. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000awns. Exact location, longitude 145.4669° East, latitude 18.5725° North, depth = 243.45 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 243.45 km (151 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/10/17 / 2017-10-25 12:53:59 / October 25, 2017 @ 12:53 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 22:53:59 / 10:53 pm (local time epicenter).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 30 km SW of Agrihan, Northern Mariana Islands.
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