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Light earthquake 4.6 mag, 87 km W of Merizo Village, Guam

Posted by admin on December 13, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 13.2324S, 143.8602WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Merizo Village in Guam on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, 143.8602° East, 13.2324° North, depth 147.27 km. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:13:07 / 7:13 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 147.27 km (92 miles). Global time and date of event 13/12/17 / 2017-12-13 09:13:07 / December 13, 2017 @ 9:13 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us2000c3sb. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000c3sb.

Nearby country/countries, Guam (c. 159 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Talofofo Village, Asan-Maina Village, Inarajan Village (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 90 km (56 miles) from Santa Rita Village (c. 7 500 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Agat Village (c. 5 700 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Talofofo Village (c. 3 200 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Inarajan Village (c. 3 100 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Merizo Village (c. 2 200 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Asan-Maina Village (c. 2 100 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Piti Village (c. 1 700 pop).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 87 km W of Merizo Village, Guam. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 143.8602° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.2324° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 147.27 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 87km W 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 2017-12-13 09:13:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-12-13 09:38:25 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 600 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 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 1.043 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.84 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 101 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 us2000c3sb Id of event.
Event Code 2000c3sb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000c3sb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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