A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 227 km SW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands (141 miles) on Monday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 02:35:46 / 2:35 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/10/17 / 2017-10-15 16:35:46 / October 15, 2017 @ 4:35 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 143.181 East, latitude 19.2759 North, depth = 10 km. Event id: us1000aupn. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000aupn.
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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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: 227 km SW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands.
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