A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Inarajan Village in Guam. Exact location of event, depth 91.3 km, 144.8054° East, 13.1955° North. 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 91.3 km (57 miles). The temblor was detected at 10:14:11 / 10:14 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000armh. Id of event: us2000armh. Exact time and date of earthquake 04/09/17 / 2017-09-04 00:14:11 / September 4, 2017 @ 12:14 am UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yigo Village, Dededo Village, Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 36 km (22 miles) from Dededo Village (c. 44 900 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Yigo Village (c. 20 500 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village (c. 19 700 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Mangilao Village (c. 15 200 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Barrigada Village (c. 8 900 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Santa Rita Village (c. 7 500 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Mongmong-Toto-Maite Village (c. 6 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Guam (c. 159 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
Did you feel it?
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. 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: 10 km SE of Inarajan Village, Guam.
Copyright © 2017 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply