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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag has occurred near Merizo Village in Guam


Earthquake location 12.6079S, 142.5315WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 243 km WSW of Merizo Village, Guam (151 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000jgtq. Id of event: us1000jgtq. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 148.14 km, 142.5315° East, 12.6079° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/03/19 / 2019-03-15 21:17:28 / March 15, 2019 @ 9:17 pm. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:17:28 / 7:17 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 148.14 km (92 miles).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 243 km WSW of Merizo Village, Guam.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 142.5315° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.6079° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 148.14 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 243km WSW 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 2019-03-15 21:17:28 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-03-15 21:44:20 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 369 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 4.105 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.69 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 36 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 us1000jgtq Id of event.
Event Code 1000jgtq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000jgtq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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