A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 38 km ESE of Agrihan, Northern Mariana Islands (24 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/05/19 / 2019-05-26 17:28:26 / May 26, 2019 @ 5:28 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 70.9 km (44 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 146.0109 East, latitude 18.6609 North, depth = 70.9 km. Id of earthquake: us70003v9r. Event ids that are associated: us70003v9r. The temblor was picked up at 03:28:26 / 3:28 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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