A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 88 kilometers (55 miles) from JP Tinian Town pre-WW2 in Northern Mariana Islands on Monday. Event id: us2000hjpz. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000hjpz. Exact location, longitude 146.3941° East, latitude 14.6992° North, depth = 49.35 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 49.35 km (31 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/09/18 / 2018-09-17 00:13:42 / September 17, 2018 @ 12:13 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 10:13:42 / 10:13 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Northern Mariana Islands (c. 54 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Saipan, San Jose Village. Event epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Saipan (c. 48 200 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from San Jose Village (c. 15 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-four 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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