A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 51 km NE of Agrihan, Northern Mariana Islands (32 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 21/05/19 / 2019-05-21 20:54:51 / May 21, 2019 @ 8:54 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 146.0684 East, latitude 19.0393 North, depth = 85.71 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 06:54:51 / 6:54 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 85.71 km (53 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us60003qel. Unique identifier: us60003qel.
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 sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 51 km NE of Agrihan, Northern Mariana Islands.
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