A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 29 km NW of Pagan, Northern Mariana Islands (18 miles) on Tuesday. All ids that are associated to the event: us10006c47. Unique identifier: us10006c47. The temblor was picked up at 04:11:05 / 4:11 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 145.6045 East, latitude 18.326 North, depth = 202.38 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/08/16 / 2016-08-08 18:11:05 / August 8, 2016 @ 6:11 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 202.38 km (126 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 29 km NW of Pagan, Northern Mariana Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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