A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 43 km NW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands (27 miles) on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, 144.579° East, 20.7921° North, depth 61.98 km. Unique identifier: us10007mi0. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007mi0. The epicenter was at a depth of 61.98 km (39 miles). The temblor was detected at 21:42:09 / 9:42 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/12/16 / 2016-12-24 11:42:09 / December 24, 2016 @ 11:42 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 43 km NW of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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