A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Inarajan Village in Guam. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/05/18 / 2018-05-18 00:49:06 / May 18, 2018 @ 12:49 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 43.13 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 10:49:06 / 10:49 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 43.13 km, 145.2649° East, 12.7397° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us1000eahd. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000eahd.
Close country/countries, Guam (c. 159 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 93 km (58 miles) from Mangilao Village (c. 15 200 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Yona Village (c. 6 500 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Talofofo Village (c. 3 200 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Inarajan Village (c. 3 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Merizo Village (c. 2 200 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Umatac Village (c. 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mangilao Village, Yona Village, Umatac Village.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 eight, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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