A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 32 km WSW of Fais, Micronesia (20 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:28:42 / 5:28 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000c4fq. Unique identifier: us2000c4fq. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 140.2344 East, latitude 9.6877 North, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 08/12/17 / 2017-12-08 08:28:42 / December 8, 2017 @ 8:28 am UTC/GMT.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 32 km WSW of Fais, Micronesia.
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