A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 273 km NNW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands (170 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/03/20 / 2020-03-23 01:54:03 / March 23, 2020 @ 1:54 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70008heb. Id of event: us70008heb. Exact location, longitude 144.1424° East, latitude 22.9058° North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 11:54:03 / 11:54 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 273 km NNW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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