A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 148 km ESE of Yigo Mayor’s Office, Guam (92 miles) on Saturday. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/07/15 / 2015-07-24 18:13:10 / July 24, 2015 @ 6:13 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 17.8 km, 146.1676° East, 13.0415° North. Unique identifier: us20002zxa. Ids that are associated to the event: us20002zxa. The temblor was picked up at 04:13:10 / 4:13 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 17.8 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 148 km ESE of Yigo Mayor’s Office, Guam. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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