A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 162 km ESE of Rota, Northern Mariana Islands (101 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/02/18 / 2018-02-13 16:59:20 / February 13, 2018 @ 4:59 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 02:59:20 / 2:59 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000d6y6. Unique identifier: us2000d6y6. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 146.66 East, latitude 13.8001 North, depth = 10 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 162 km ESE of Rota, Northern Mariana Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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