A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 174 km ESE of JP Tinian Town pre-WW2, Northern Mariana Islands (108 miles) on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 146.9882° East, latitude 14.1214° North, depth = 34.64 km. The temblor was reported at 23:38:19 / 11:38 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 34.64 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us20005xte. Unique identifier: us20005xte. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/05/16 / 2016-05-18 13:38:19 / May 18, 2016 @ 1:38 pm.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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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. 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: 174 km ESE of JP Tinian Town pre-WW2, Northern Mariana Islands.
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