A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 38 km W of Agrihan, Northern Mariana Islands (24 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/07/16 / 2016-07-31 13:51:03 / July 31, 2016 @ 1:51 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us10006a4k. Ids that are associated to the event: us10006a4k. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:51:03 / 11:51 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 205.76 km (128 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 145.3089 East, latitude 18.7202 North, depth = 205.76 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-six, in the last 10 days thirty-eight, in the past 30 days thirty-nine and in the last 365 days eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 38 km W of Agrihan, Northern Mariana Islands.
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