A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 88 kilometers (55 miles) from San Jose Village in Northern Mariana Islands. Global time and date of event 27/06/20 / 2020-06-27 04:43:05 / June 27, 2020 @ 4:43 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 60.31 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:43:05 / 4:43 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000acvi. Id of event: us7000acvi. Exact location of earthquake, 145.7969° East, 14.1842° North, depth 60.31 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries, Northern Mariana Islands (c. 54 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Jose Village (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 89 km (55 miles) from San Jose Village (c. 15 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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