A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 155 km ESE of JP Tinian Town pre-WW2, Northern Mariana Islands (96 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70007mcr. Id of event: us70007mcr. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:02:38 / 11:02 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/02/20 / 2020-02-10 01:02:38 / February 10, 2020 @ 1:02 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude 146.9249° East, latitude 14.3606° North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 155 km ESE of JP Tinian Town pre-WW2, Northern Mariana Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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