A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, Maug Islands region, Northern Mariana Islands (0 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: 24/05/24 / 2024-05-24 23:31:30 / May 24, 2024 @ 11:31 pm. The temblor was picked up at 23:31:30 / 11:31 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 152.647 km (95 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 145.6571 East, latitude 19.2696 North, depth = 152.647 km. Id of earthquake: us7000mp71. Event ids that are associated: us7000mp71.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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