A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 30 km W of Pagan, Northern Mariana Islands (19 miles). The temblor was picked up at 07:41:19 / 7:41 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 09/07/18 / 2018-07-09 21:41:19 / July 9, 2018 @ 9:41 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 252.64 km, 145.4832° East, 18.1389° North. Unique identifier: us2000g0r0. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000g0r0. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 252.64 km (157 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 30 km W of Pagan, Northern Mariana Islands.
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