A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 243 km NNE of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands (151 miles). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:50:28 / 8:50 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 145.9563° East, 22.4968° North. 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) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us1000jigm. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000jigm. Global time and date of event 19/03/19 / 2019-03-19 10:50:28 / March 19, 2019 @ 10:50 am UTC/GMT.
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 one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 243 km NNE of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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