A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 36 km NNW of Agrihan, Northern Mariana Islands (22 miles) on Saturday. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/08/19 / 2019-08-09 14:21:49 / August 9, 2019 @ 2:21 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 00:21:49 / 12:21 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 145.5403 East, latitude 19.0739 North, depth = 203.17 km. Id of earthquake: us60005600. Event ids that are associated: us60005600. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 203.17 km (126 miles).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-two 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.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 36 km NNW of Agrihan, Northern Mariana Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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