A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 114 km NNW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands (71 miles) on Saturday. The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:51:15 / 12:51 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/02/19 / 2019-02-01 14:51:15 / February 1, 2019 @ 2:51 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 144.3258 East, latitude 21.4221 North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000jbu2. Unique identifier: us2000jbu2.
There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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