A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 213 km WNW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands (132 miles). Unique identifier: us1000bv95. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000bv95. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/12/17 / 2017-12-23 05:10:49 / December 23, 2017 @ 5:10 am. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:10:49 / 3:10 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 143.1778 East, latitude 21.5899 North, depth = 277.06 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 277.06 km (172 miles).
Each 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 one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-nine 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. 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: 213 km WNW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands.
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