A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 155 km ESE of Rota, Northern Mariana Islands (96 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 146.4338° East, 13.4268° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/01/19 / 2019-01-06 07:15:22 / January 6, 2019 @ 7:15 am. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:15:22 / 5:15 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000j7vp. Unique identifier: us2000j7vp. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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