A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 225 km NNW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands (140 miles) on Sunday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/03/19 / 2019-03-02 16:34:02 / March 2, 2019 @ 4:34 pm. The temblor was reported at 02:34:02 / 2:34 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 121.54 km (76 miles). Exact location, longitude 143.7574° East, latitude 22.2761° North, depth = 121.54 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000j9wt. Unique identifier: us1000j9wt. 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. 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: 225 km NNW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands.
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