A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 141 km ESE of Rota, Northern Mariana Islands (88 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pt18044001, us2000d18y. Unique identifier: us2000d18y. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/02/18 / 2018-02-13 02:03:03 / February 13, 2018 @ 2:03 am. Exact location, longitude 146.4707° East, latitude 13.8221° North, depth = 10 km. The 5.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:03:03 / 12:03 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every 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.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 141 km ESE of Rota, Northern Mariana Islands.
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