A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 187 km NW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands (116 miles). Global time and date of event 31/01/19 / 2019-01-31 18:17:16 / January 31, 2019 @ 6:17 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was 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 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:17:16 / 4:17 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000jbcc. Id of event: us2000jbcc. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 143.4784 East, latitude 21.5849 North, depth = 10 km.
Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. 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 twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. 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: 187 km NW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands.
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