A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Saipan in Northern Mariana Islands. Exact time and date of earthquake 13/11/18 / 2018-11-13 07:14:41 / November 13, 2018 @ 7:14 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 146.1881 East, latitude 15.4368 North, depth = 57.23 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 57.23 km (36 miles). The temblor was picked up at 17:14:41 / 5:14 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000huuq. Id of event: us1000huuq.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Northern Mariana Islands (c. 54 000 pop). The epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Saipan (c. 48 200 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from San Jose Village (c. 15 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Jose Village, Saipan (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 52 km ENE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands.
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