A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 92 km SE of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands (57 miles) on Friday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/04/19 / 2019-04-12 03:47:47 / April 12, 2019 @ 3:47 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 13:47:47 / 1:47 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 90.2 km (56 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700038k2. Id of event: us700038k2. Exact location of earthquake, 145.6018° East, 20.0292° North, depth 90.2 km.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eighteen 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 92 km SE of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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