A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 93 kilometers (58 miles) from Inarajan Village in Guam. Event id: us700033j3. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700033j3. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/04/19 / 2019-04-10 07:26:20 / April 10, 2019 @ 7:26 am. Exact location, longitude 144.7429° East, latitude 12.4254° North, depth = 10 km. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:26:20 / 5:26 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 94 km (59 miles) from Inarajan Village (c. 3 100 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Merizo Village (c. 2 200 pop), 97 km (61 miles) from Umatac Village (c. 900 pop). Nearby country/countries, Guam (c. 159 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Umatac Village, Inarajan Village, Merizo Village (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 93 km S of Inarajan Village, Guam.
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