A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 208 km NNW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands (129 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 132.93 km (83 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 02:03:20 / 2:03 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 143.965 East, latitude 22.2105 North, depth = 132.93 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000eerx. Unique identifier: us1000eerx. 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: 26/05/18 / 2018-05-26 16:03:20 / May 26, 2018 @ 4:03 pm.
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 four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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 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: 208 km NNW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands.
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