A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 141 km E of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands (88 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/01/18 / 2018-01-12 00:02:53 / January 12, 2018 @ 12:02 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 61.32 km (38 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 10:02:53 / 10:02 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000cpr7. Unique identifier: us2000cpr7. Exact location of event, depth 61.32 km, 146.2415° East, 20.3944° North.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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