A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 215 km NW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands (134 miles). The temblor was detected at 02:36:32 / 2:36 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000d4rd. Unique identifier: us1000d4rd. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 295.54 km (184 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 143.1774 East, latitude 21.619 North, depth = 295.54 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/03/18 / 2018-03-06 16:36:32 / March 6, 2018 @ 4:36 pm.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 215 km NW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands.
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