A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 124 km NNW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands (77 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 124.79 km (78 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us2000cqxy. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000cqxy. The temblor was reported at 03:00:27 / 3:00 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 124.79 km, 144.2489° East, 21.4874° North. Global time and date of event 16/01/18 / 2018-01-16 17:00:27 / January 16, 2018 @ 5:00 pm UTC/GMT.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 124 km NNW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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