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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag strikes near Merizo Village in Guam


Earthquake location 11.9934S, 144.0252WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 157 km SSW of Merizo Village, Guam (98 miles). The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:21:32 / 10:21 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 31.86 km (20 miles). Unique identifier: us1000bzav. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000bzav. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/01/18 / 2018-01-03 12:21:32 / January 3, 2018 @ 12:21 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 144.0252 East, latitude 11.9934 North, depth = 31.86 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 157 km SSW of Merizo Village, Guam. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 144.0252° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 11.9934° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 31.86 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 157km SSW 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 2018-01-03 12:21:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-01-03 12:38:56 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 400 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 1.786 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 58 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 us1000bzav Id of event.
Event Code 1000bzav An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000bzav, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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