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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Piti Village in Guam

Posted by admin on October 15, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 13.5448S, 144.6131WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Piti Village in Guam on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 19:17:08 / 7:17 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 144.6131 East, latitude 13.5448 North, depth = 124.19 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 124.19 km (77 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/09/17 / 2017-09-20 09:17:08 / September 20, 2017 @ 9:17 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000awnd. Unique identifier: us2000awnd.

Epicenter of the event was 25 km (15 miles) from Dededo Village (c. 44 900 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Yigo Village (c. 20 500 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village (c. 19 700 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Mangilao Village (c. 15 200 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Barrigada Village (c. 8 900 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Santa Rita Village (c. 7 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Inarajan Village, Merizo Village, Yigo Village. Close country/countries, Guam (c. 159 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 12 km NW of Piti Village, Guam.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 144.6131° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.5448° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 124.19 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 12km NW of Piti 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 2017-09-20 09:17:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-10-15 12:28:58 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 600 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 271 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 0.252 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.54 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 218 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 us2000awnd Id of event.
Event Code 2000awnd An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000awnd, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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