A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 107 km SE of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands (66 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/01/18 / 2018-01-11 04:09:23 / January 11, 2018 @ 4:09 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 14:09:23 / 2:09 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 120.87 km (75 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000ci2s. Unique identifier: us2000ci2s. Exact location of event, depth 120.87 km, 145.4742° East, 19.736° North.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 107 km SE of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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