A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 17 km S of Agrihan, Northern Mariana Islands (11 miles) on Saturday. Global time and date of event 06/12/19 / 2019-12-06 20:30:17 / December 6, 2019 @ 8:30 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 159.87 km (99 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 06:30:17 / 6:30 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 159.87 km, 145.6624° East, 18.6131° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60006n8n. Id of event: us60006n8n.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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