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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Merizo Village in Guam

Posted by admin on April 29, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 12.6504S, 143.0021WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 193 km WSW of Merizo Village, Guam (120 miles). The temblor was reported at 01:15:38 / 1:15 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 126.69 km (79 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/04/18 / 2018-04-29 15:15:38 / April 29, 2018 @ 3:15 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 143.0021 East, latitude 12.6504 North, depth = 126.69 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000dubd. Unique identifier: us1000dubd.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 193 km WSW of Merizo Village, Guam.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 143.0021° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.6504° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 126.69 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 193km WSW 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 2018-04-29 15:15:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-04-29 16:21:57 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 298 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 2.043 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.61 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 79 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 us1000dubd Id of event.
Event Code 1000dubd An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000dubd, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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