A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 26 km NNW of Agrihan, Northern Mariana Islands (16 miles) on Sunday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/11/19 / 2019-11-16 23:09:05 / November 16, 2019 @ 11:09 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 223.4 km (139 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 145.6116° East, 19.0011° North, depth 223.4 km. The temblor was reported at 09:09:05 / 9:09 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006br1. Id of event: us70006br1.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. 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: 26 km NNW of Agrihan, Northern Mariana Islands.
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