A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 32 km WNW of Agrihan, Northern Mariana Islands (20 miles) on Friday. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000ive4. Unique identifier: us2000ive4. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 237.98 km, 145.3841° East, 18.8837° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 237.98 km (148 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:32:12 / 1:32 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/12/18 / 2018-12-20 15:32:12 / December 20, 2018 @ 3:32 pm.
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 three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 32 km WNW of Agrihan, Northern Mariana Islands.
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