A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 28 km ESE of Pagan, Northern Mariana Islands (17 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 115.92 km (72 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/05/18 / 2018-05-02 04:41:22 / May 2, 2018 @ 4:41 am. Unique identifier: us1000dvr7. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000dvr7. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:41:22 / 2:41 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 146.0053 East, latitude 17.988 North, depth = 115.92 km.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 28 km ESE of Pagan, Northern Mariana Islands.
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