A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Yigo Village in Guam on Saturday. Global time and date of event 20/05/16 / 2016-05-20 22:59:27 / May 20, 2016 @ 10:59 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 122.26 km (76 miles). Unique identifier: us20005y4y. Ids that are associated to the event: us20005y4y. Exact location, longitude 144.7833° East, latitude 13.8375° North, depth = 122.26 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:59:27 / 8:59 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Guam (c. 159 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 36 km (22 miles) from Dededo Village (c. 44 900 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Yigo Village (c. 20 500 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village (c. 19 700 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Mangilao Village (c. 15 200 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Barrigada Village (c. 8 900 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Santa Rita Village (c. 7 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Merizo Village, Inarajan Village, Umatac Village (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 five and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 35 km NNW of Yigo Village, Guam. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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