A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 32 km NNW of Fais, Micronesia (20 miles) on Friday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/12/17 / 2017-12-08 02:11:23 / December 8, 2017 @ 2:11 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us2000c1xg. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000c1xg. Exact location of earthquake, 140.36° East, 10.0099° North, depth 20.78 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20.78 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:11:23 / 11:11 am (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 three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days four 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 32 km NNW of Fais, Micronesia.
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