A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 13 km W of Agrihan, Northern Mariana Islands (8 miles) on Thursday. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000de9j. Unique identifier: us1000de9j. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/04/18 / 2018-04-04 18:20:35 / April 4, 2018 @ 6:20 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 221.78 km, 145.5398° East, 18.7785° North. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:20:35 / 4:20 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 221.78 km (138 miles).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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