A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 87 kilometers (54 miles) from San Jose Village in Northern Mariana Islands. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/12/24 / 2024-12-17 20:53:15 / December 17, 2024 @ 8:53 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 145.569 East, latitude 14.1745 North, depth = 100.972 km. The temblor was detected at 20:53:15 / 8:53 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000phgh. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000phgh. The epicenter was at a depth of 100.972 km (63 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Jose Village. The epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from San Jose Village (c. 15 000 pop). Close country/countries, Northern Mariana Islands (c. 54 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 87 km S of San Jose Village, Northern Mariana Islands.
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