A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 270 km NNW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands (168 miles). Exact location, longitude 144.1544° East, latitude 22.8783° North, depth = 10 km. 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: 29/08/18 / 2018-08-29 18:18:15 / August 29, 2018 @ 6:18 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us2000h9hv. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000h9hv. The temblor was picked up at 04:18:15 / 4:18 am (local time epicenter).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. 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: 270 km NNW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands.
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