A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Rota in Northern Mariana Islands. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 92.19 km (57 miles). The temblor was picked up at 07:02:41 / 7:02 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/05/18 / 2018-05-09 21:02:41 / May 9, 2018 @ 9:02 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000e1lx. Unique identifier: us1000e1lx. Exact location of event, depth 92.19 km, 145.7448° East, 13.9498° North.
Event epicenter was 109 km (68 miles) from Dededo Village (c. 44 900 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Yigo Village (c. 20 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Guam (c. 159 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Dededo Village, Yigo Village (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 62 km ESE of Rota, Northern Mariana Islands.
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