A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 130 km SE of Pagan, Northern Mariana Islands (81 miles) on Monday. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:02:46 / 8:02 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/12/18 / 2018-12-30 22:02:46 / December 30, 2018 @ 10:02 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 146.5832 East, latitude 17.226 North, depth = 35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us2000izaw. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000izaw.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 130 km SE of Pagan, Northern Mariana Islands.
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