A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 56 km WNW of Fais, Micronesia (35 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 140.0873 East, latitude 10.0425 North, depth = 10 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:08:40 / 4:08 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000by1i. Unique identifier: us1000by1i. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/12/17 / 2017-12-30 07:08:40 / December 30, 2017 @ 7:08 am.
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 fourteen and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. 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: 56 km WNW of Fais, Micronesia.
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