A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Rota in Northern Mariana Islands. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/12/17 / 2017-12-30 20:58:01 / December 30, 2017 @ 8:58 pm. The temblor was reported at 06:58:01 / 6:58 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 145.4996 East, latitude 14.1033 North, depth = 110.36 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 110.36 km (69 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000cj08. Unique identifier: us2000cj08. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Guam (c. 159 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 91 km (57 miles) from Yigo Village (c. 20 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yigo Village (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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 E of Rota, Northern Mariana Islands.
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