A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 38 km WSW of Agrihan, Northern Mariana Islands (24 miles) on Saturday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/04/18 / 2018-04-28 05:37:49 / April 28, 2018 @ 5:37 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 15:37:49 / 3:37 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 145.3477 East, latitude 18.6002 North, depth = 265.52 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 265.52 km (165 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000dxsz. Id of event: us1000dxsz.
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 three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 38 km WSW of Agrihan, Northern Mariana Islands.
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