A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 250 km NW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands (155 miles) on Monday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 85.12 km (53 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/02/20 / 2020-02-09 15:09:45 / February 9, 2020 @ 3:09 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us70007q7u. Unique identifier: us70007q7u. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 143.5154 East, latitude 22.3948 North, depth = 85.12 km. The temblor was picked up at 01:09:45 / 1:09 am (local time epicenter). 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 250 km NW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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