A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 204 km NW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands (127 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 143.5642 East, latitude 21.9008 North, depth = 104.24 km. The temblor was reported at 01:46:10 / 1:46 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000j7b9. Unique identifier: us2000j7b9. Global time and date of event 04/01/19 / 2019-01-04 15:46:10 / January 4, 2019 @ 3:46 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 104.24 km (65 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 204 km NW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands.
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