A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 212 km WNW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands (132 miles) on Friday. Global time and date of event 08/11/19 / 2019-11-08 07:25:51 / November 8, 2019 @ 7:25 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 143.1349 East, latitude 21.5115 North, depth = 316 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 316 km (196 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 17:25:51 / 5:25 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000691q. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000691q. 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 212 km WNW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands.
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