A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 162 km ENE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands (101 miles) on Friday. Exact location of event, depth 32.242 km, 147.1308° East, 15.8282° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 32.242 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/05/24 / 2024-05-10 19:29:30 / May 10, 2024 @ 7:29 pm. Unique identifier: us6000mz01. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000mz01. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:29:30 / 7:29 pm (local time epicenter).
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 three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 162 km ENE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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