A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 88 kilometers (55 miles) from Merizo Village in Guam. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 17.84 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000c226. Unique identifier: us2000c226. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/12/17 / 2017-12-02 10:20:36 / December 2, 2017 @ 10:20 am. The temblor was reported at 20:20:36 / 8:20 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 144.6578 East, latitude 12.4631 North, depth = 17.84 km.
Event epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) from Inarajan Village (c. 3 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Merizo Village (c. 2 200 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Umatac Village (c. 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Umatac Village, Inarajan Village, Merizo Village. Nearby country/countries, Guam (c. 159 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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