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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Merizo Village in Guam

Posted by admin on November 28, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 12.6044S, 143.8836WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 112 km SW of Merizo Village, Guam (70 miles) on Monday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 54.79 km (34 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/11/17 / 2017-11-13 12:20:10 / November 13, 2017 @ 12:20 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 143.8836° East, 12.6044° North, depth 54.79 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:20:10 / 10:20 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000bsxx. Event ids that are associated: us2000bsxx.

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 112 km SW of Merizo Village, Guam. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 143.8836° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.6044° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 54.79 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 112km SW 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 2017-11-13 12:20:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-11-28 08:46:47 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 284 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 1.37 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.79 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 145 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 us2000bsxx Id of event.
Event Code 2000bsxx An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000bsxx, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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