A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 294 km NNW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands (183 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/05/19 / 2019-05-20 14:06:07 / May 20, 2019 @ 2:06 pm. The temblor was reported at 00:06:07 / 12:06 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 143.8579° East, 23.0125° North, depth 34.74 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 34.74 km (22 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us60003t5m. Unique identifier: us60003t5m.
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 sixty-five 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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