A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Northern Islands Municipality – Mayor’s Office in Northern Mariana Islands. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/04/18 / 2018-04-08 04:31:01 / April 8, 2018 @ 4:31 am. Exact location, longitude 145.6462° East, latitude 15.101° North, depth = 77.9 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000dzrv. Id of event: us2000dzrv. The epicenter was at a depth of 77.9 km (48 miles). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:31:01 / 2:31 pm (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 17 km (11 miles) from Saipan (c. 48 200 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from San Jose Village (c. 15 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Saipan, San Jose Village (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Northern Mariana Islands (c. 54 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 14 km SSW of Northern Islands Municipality – Mayor’s Office, Northern Mariana Islands.
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