A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 35 km S of Agrihan, Northern Mariana Islands (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100069st. Id of event: us100069st. Exact location of earthquake, 145.6864° East, 18.4451° North, depth 193.48 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/08/16 / 2016-08-03 16:29:01 / August 3, 2016 @ 4:29 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 193.48 km (120 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:29:01 / 2:29 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixteen, in the last 10 days thirty-six, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 35 km S of Agrihan, Northern Mariana Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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