A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 216 km WNW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands (134 miles) on Wednesday. The temblor was detected at 12:39:08 / 12:39 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/07/19 / 2019-07-31 02:39:08 / July 31, 2019 @ 2:39 am. Exact location of event, depth 315.29 km, 143.1156° East, 21.5576° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 315.29 km (196 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60004xr4. Id of event: us60004xr4. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. 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: 216 km WNW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands.
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