A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 177 km ESE of Pagan, Northern Mariana Islands (110 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/12/18 / 2018-12-30 15:47:05 / December 30, 2018 @ 3:47 pm. Exact location, longitude 147.3797° East, latitude 17.6736° North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j55v. Id of event: us2000j55v. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 01:47:05 / 1:47 am (local time epicenter).
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 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 177 km ESE of Pagan, Northern Mariana Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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