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Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Yigo Village in Guam


Earthquake location 13.6967S, 144.9107WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Yigo Village in Guam. Id of earthquake: us1000jm0l. Event ids that are associated: us1000jm0l. The temblor was reported at 21:29:52 / 9:29 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 109.97 km (68 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 144.9107° East, 13.6967° North, depth 109.97 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/03/19 / 2019-03-26 11:29:52 / March 26, 2019 @ 11:29 am.

Epicenter of the event was 21 km (13 miles) from Dededo Village (c. 44 900 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Yigo Village (c. 20 500 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village (c. 19 700 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Mangilao Village (c. 15 200 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Barrigada Village (c. 8 900 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Santa Rita Village (c. 7 500 pop). Close country/countries, Guam (c. 159 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Merizo Village, Umatac Village, Inarajan Village.

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 thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 17 km N of Yigo Village, Guam.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 144.9107° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.6967° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 109.97 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 17km N of Yigo 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 2019-03-26 11:29:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-03-26 21:31:58 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 600 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 3 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 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 285 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 0.114 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.79 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 85 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 us1000jm0l Id of event.
Event Code 1000jm0l An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000jm0l, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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