A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 36 km W of Agrihan, Northern Mariana Islands (22 miles) on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 218.92 km (136 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 145.3213 East, latitude 18.8015 North, depth = 218.92 km. The temblor was detected at 21:27:07 / 9:27 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/08/18 / 2018-08-05 11:27:07 / August 5, 2018 @ 11:27 am. Unique identifier: us1000g5t2. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000g5t2.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 36 km W of Agrihan, Northern Mariana Islands.
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