A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 234 km WNW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands (145 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 09/04/19 / 2019-04-09 13:11:34 / April 9, 2019 @ 1:11 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 142.9855 East, latitude 21.6634 North, depth = 256.7 km. The temblor was reported at 23:11:34 / 11:11 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700037nc. Id of event: us700037nc. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 256.7 km (160 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 234 km WNW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands.
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