A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 204 km WNW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands (127 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/05/19 / 2019-05-17 00:54:12 / May 17, 2019 @ 12:54 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 143.2365 East, latitude 21.5218 North, depth = 303.25 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70003md7. Id of event: us70003md7. The temblor was detected at 10:54:12 / 10:54 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 303.25 km (188 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 three and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 204 km WNW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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