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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag has occurred near Merizo Village in Guam

Posted by admin on June 25, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 12.1706S, 143.9659WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 143 km SSW of Merizo Village, Guam (89 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 143.9659° East, 12.1706° North. The temblor was detected at 05:55:59 / 5:55 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/06/16 / 2016-06-25 19:55:59 / June 25, 2016 @ 7:55 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us200066u7. Event ids that are associated: us200066u7.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 143 km SSW of Merizo Village, Guam.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 143.9659° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.1706° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 143km SSW of Merizo Village, Guam Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-06-25 19:55:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-06-25 20:12:57 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 600 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 400 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.662 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.62 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 54 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us200066u7 Id of event.
Event Code 200066u7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us200066u7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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