A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 161 km ESE of JP Tinian Town pre-WW2, Northern Mariana Islands (100 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000dd4v. Id of event: us2000dd4v. Global time and date of event 26/02/18 / 2018-02-26 21:58:15 / February 26, 2018 @ 9:58 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 07:58:15 / 7:58 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 146.9374° East, 14.2642° North.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 161 km ESE of JP Tinian Town pre-WW2, Northern Mariana Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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