A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from JP Tinian Town pre-WW2 in Northern Mariana Islands. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 119.6 km (74 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us2000hagf. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000hagf. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 145.1681° East, latitude 14.7042° North, depth = 119.6 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/09/18 / 2018-09-01 16:40:10 / September 1, 2018 @ 4:40 pm. The temblor was detected at 02:40:10 / 2:40 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 85 km (53 miles) from Saipan (c. 48 200 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from San Jose Village (c. 15 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Northern Mariana Islands (c. 54 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Saipan, San Jose Village.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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