A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Anatahan in Northern Mariana Islands on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 145.5932 East, latitude 15.8513 North, depth = 34.9 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 34.9 km (22 miles). The temblor was detected at 04:14:38 / 4:14 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000jdmu. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000jdmu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 21/01/19 / 2019-01-21 18:14:38 / January 21, 2019 @ 6:14 pm UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the event was 73 km (45 miles) from Saipan (c. 48 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Northern Mariana Islands (c. 54 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Saipan (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 56 km S of Anatahan, Northern Mariana Islands.
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