A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 219 km WNW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands (136 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000axiy. Unique identifier: us1000axiy. The temblor was picked up at 07:08:13 / 7:08 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 142.9564 East, latitude 21.3206 North, depth = 265.95 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/10/17 / 2017-10-19 21:08:13 / October 19, 2017 @ 9:08 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 265.95 km (165 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 219 km WNW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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