A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 227 km WNW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands (141 miles) on Wednesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 300.32 km (187 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/01/18 / 2018-01-10 01:46:02 / January 10, 2018 @ 1:46 am. Exact location of event, depth 300.32 km, 143.0435° East, 21.6285° North. The temblor was picked up at 11:46:02 / 11:46 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000c2ze. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000c2ze.
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 227 km WNW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands.
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