A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 34 km SSW of Agrihan, Northern Mariana Islands (21 miles). Global time and date of event 31/07/16 / 2016-07-31 14:20:33 / July 31, 2016 @ 2:20 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 00:20:33 / 12:20 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006a4l. Id of event: us10006a4l. Exact location, longitude 145.5897° East, latitude 18.464° North, depth = 203 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 203 km (126 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-eight, in the last 10 days fourty, in the past 30 days fourty and in the last 365 days ninety-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 34 km SSW of Agrihan, Northern Mariana Islands.
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