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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Yigo Village in Guam


Earthquake location 13.8814S, 144.7554WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Yigo Village in Guam on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 07:17:17 / 7:17 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 132.84 km (83 miles). Exact location, longitude 144.7554° East, latitude 13.8814° North, depth = 132.84 km. Unique identifier: us2000bqgd. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000bqgd. Global time and date of event 09/11/17 / 2017-11-09 21:17:17 / November 9, 2017 @ 9:17 pm UTC/GMT.

Nearby country/countries, Guam (c. 159 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Dededo Village (c. 44 900 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Yigo Village (c. 20 500 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village (c. 19 700 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Mangilao Village (c. 15 200 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Barrigada Village (c. 8 900 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Santa Rita Village (c. 7 500 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Mongmong-Toto-Maite Village (c. 6 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Merizo Village, Inarajan Village, Umatac Village.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 40 km NNW of Yigo Village, Guam.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 144.7554° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.8814° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 132.84 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 40km NNW of Yigo 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 2017-11-09 21:17:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-11-18 04:28:09 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 326 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 0.31 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.37 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 175 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 us2000bqgd Id of event.
Event Code 2000bqgd An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000bqgd, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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