A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 23 km SW of Agrihan, Northern Mariana Islands (14 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 30/01/19 / 2019-01-30 02:20:34 / January 30, 2019 @ 2:20 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us1000irwj. Event ids that are associated: us1000irwj. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 166.5 km (103 miles). The temblor was reported at 12:20:34 / 12:20 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 145.5381 East, latitude 18.5957 North, depth = 166.5 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 23 km SW of Agrihan, Northern Mariana Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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