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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Inarajan Village in Guam

Posted by admin on May 29, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 12.9811S, 145.4091WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Inarajan Village in Guam. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:55:27 / 10:55 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 34.35 km (21 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us1000e819. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000e819. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/05/18 / 2018-05-16 00:55:27 / May 16, 2018 @ 12:55 am. Exact location of earthquake, 145.4091° East, 12.9811° North, depth 34.35 km.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 86 km (53 miles) from Dededo Village (c. 44 900 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Yigo Village (c. 20 500 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village (c. 19 700 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Mangilao Village (c. 15 200 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Barrigada Village (c. 8 900 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Santa Rita Village (c. 7 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Guam (c. 159 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Piti Village, Agat Village, Asan-Maina Village.

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

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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: 78 km ESE of Inarajan Village, Guam. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 145.4091° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.9811° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 34.35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 78km ESE of Inarajan 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 2018-05-16 00:55:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-05-29 00:33:56 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 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 0.801 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.58 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 171 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 us1000e819 Id of event.
Event Code 1000e819 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000e819, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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