A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 25 km NNE of Agrihan, Northern Mariana Islands (16 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 10:25:07 / 10:25 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/05/19 / 2019-05-27 00:25:07 / May 27, 2019 @ 12:25 am. Exact location of event, longitude 145.7459 East, latitude 18.988 North, depth = 134.89 km. Unique identifier: us60003sl1. Ids that are associated to the event: us60003sl1. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 134.89 km (84 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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. 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: 25 km NNE of Agrihan, Northern Mariana Islands.
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