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Moderate earthquake 5.1 mag, 105 km SSW of Merizo Village, Guam


Earthquake location 12.4283S, 144.2004WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 105 kilometers (65 miles) from Merizo Village in Guam. Event id: us2000j6ex. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j6ex. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:09:49 / 4:09 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 144.2004 East, latitude 12.4283 North, depth = 8.21 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 8.21 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/01/19 / 2019-01-19 18:09:49 / January 19, 2019 @ 6:09 pm.

The epicenter was 106 km (66 miles) from Merizo Village (c. 2 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Guam (c. 159 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Merizo Village (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 105 km SSW of Merizo Village, Guam. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 144.2004° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.4283° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 8.21 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 105km SSW of Merizo 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 2019-01-19 18:09:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-01-19 18:39:08 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 400 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 1.324 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.72 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 48 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 us2000j6ex Id of event.
Event Code 2000j6ex An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000j6ex, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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