A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 38 km S of Pagan, Northern Mariana Islands (24 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 17:00:24 / 5:00 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 11/01/19 / 2019-01-11 07:00:24 / January 11, 2019 @ 7:00 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 102.05 km (63 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 145.7913 East, latitude 17.7645 North, depth = 102.05 km. Id of earthquake: us2000j8vl. Event ids that are associated: us2000j8vl.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 38 km S of Pagan, Northern Mariana Islands.
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