A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 170 km S of Inarajan Village, Guam (106 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/09/16 / 2016-09-05 03:44:38 / September 5, 2016 @ 3:44 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 145.0034 East, latitude 11.7506 North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us10006n2k. Ids that are associated to the event: us10006n2k. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:44:38 / 1:44 pm (local time epicenter).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 170 km S of Inarajan Village, Guam. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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