A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, Mariana Islands region (0 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/01/17 / 2017-01-11 14:45:28 / January 11, 2017 @ 2:45 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007vr2. Id of event: us10007vr2. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 141.4291° East, latitude 12.6945° North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 23:45:28 / 11:45 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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