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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 67 km W of Agat Village, Guam

Posted by admin on November 29, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 13.2724S, 144.0443WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Agat Village in Guam on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us2000bvu2. Event ids that are associated: us2000bvu2. Exact location of event, depth 138.73 km, 144.0443° East, 13.2724° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 138.73 km (86 miles). The temblor was detected at 20:52:24 / 8:52 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 29/11/17 / 2017-11-29 10:52:24 / November 29, 2017 @ 10:52 am UTC/GMT.

Epicenter of the event was 90 km (56 miles) from Dededo Village (c. 44 900 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village (c. 19 700 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Mangilao Village (c. 15 200 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Barrigada Village (c. 8 900 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Santa Rita Village (c. 7 500 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Mongmong-Toto-Maite Village (c. 6 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Guam (c. 159 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Dededo Village, Barrigada Village, Mangilao Village (min 5000 pop).

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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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. 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: 67 km W of Agat Village, Guam.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 144.0443° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.2724° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 138.73 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 67km W of Agat 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 2017-11-29 10:52:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-11-29 11:19:07 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 0.861 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.66 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 48 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 us2000bvu2 Id of event.
Event Code 2000bvu2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000bvu2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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