A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 61 km SSW of Pagan, Northern Mariana Islands (38 miles) on Friday. All ids that are associated to the event: us10005e12. Unique identifier: us10005e12. The temblor was detected at 01:52:21 / 1:52 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 215.97 km (134 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 145.4974 East, latitude 17.6186 North, depth = 215.97 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/05/16 / 2016-05-05 15:52:21 / May 5, 2016 @ 3:52 pm.
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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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: 61 km SSW of Pagan, Northern Mariana Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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