A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 97 kilometers (60 miles) from Yigo Village in Guam on Thursday. Exact location of event, longitude 145.7873 East, latitude 13.4409 North, depth = 35 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000fpc3. Unique identifier: us2000fpc3. The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Global time and date of event 27/06/18 / 2018-06-27 17:59:35 / June 27, 2018 @ 5:59 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 03:59:35 / 3:59 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Guam (c. 159 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 98 km (61 miles) from Yigo Village (c. 20 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yigo Village (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 97 km E of Yigo Village, Guam. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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