A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 200 km SW of Merizo Village, Guam (124 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000eb3a. Unique identifier: us1000eb3a. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:17:06 / 4:17 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 20/05/18 / 2018-05-20 06:17:06 / May 20, 2018 @ 6:17 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 143.2053 East, latitude 12.1553 North, depth = 35 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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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: 200 km SW of Merizo Village, Guam. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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