A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 219 km NW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands (136 miles) on Thursday. Exact location, longitude 143.1593° East, latitude 21.6575° North, depth = 288.5 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/04/19 / 2019-04-10 23:07:56 / April 10, 2019 @ 11:07 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us700037va. Ids that are associated to the event: us700037va. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:07:56 / 9:07 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 288.5 km (179 miles).
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 two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 219 km NW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands.
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