A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 152 km ESE of Yigo Mayor’s Office, Guam (94 miles) on Sunday. The temblor was picked up at 07:55:21 / 7:55 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 25/07/15 / 2015-07-25 21:55:21 / July 25, 2015 @ 9:55 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 146.2305° East, latitude 13.0922° North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us2000305b. Event ids that are associated: us2000305b. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 152 km ESE of Yigo Mayor’s Office, Guam. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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