A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 106 km NNW of Agrihan, Northern Mariana Islands (66 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 145.1647 East, latitude 19.6016 North, depth = 142.92 km. The temblor was picked up at 14:42:24 / 2:42 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 142.92 km (89 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/09/19 / 2019-09-01 04:42:24 / September 1, 2019 @ 4:42 am. Id of earthquake: us70005ct0. Event ids that are associated: us70005ct0.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 106 km NNW of Agrihan, Northern Mariana Islands.
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