A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Merizo Village in Guam. Exact location of event, longitude 144.5761 East, latitude 13.2621 North, depth = 89.71 km. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:51:07 / 1:51 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 89.71 km (56 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000315z. Unique identifier: us2000315z. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/07/15 / 2015-07-29 03:51:07 / July 29, 2015 @ 3:51 am.
Nearby country/countries, Guam (c. 159 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Dededo Village (c. 44 900 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Yigo Village (c. 20 500 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village (c. 19 700 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Mangilao Village (c. 15 200 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Barrigada Village (c. 8 900 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Santa Rita Village (c. 7 500 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Mongmong-Toto-Maite Village (c. 6 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yigo Village, Dededo Village, Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 10 km W of Merizo Village, Guam.
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