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Light earthquake 4.7 mag, 72 km E of Yigo Village, Guam

Posted by admin on July 24, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location 13.417S, 145.5485WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Yigo Village in Guam on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 145.5485 East, latitude 13.417 North, depth = 21.28 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 21.28 km (13 miles). Global time and date of event 24/07/19 / 2019-07-24 07:37:44 / July 24, 2019 @ 7:37 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 17:37:44 / 5:37 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60004ukq. Id of event: us60004ukq.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 78 km (48 miles) from Dededo Village (c. 44 900 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Yigo Village (c. 20 500 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village (c. 19 700 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Mangilao Village (c. 15 200 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Barrigada Village (c. 8 900 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Santa Rita Village (c. 7 500 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Mongmong-Toto-Maite Village (c. 6 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Guam (c. 159 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Umatac Village, Merizo Village, Agat Village.

Every 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 twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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 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: 72 km E of Yigo Village, Guam.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 145.5485° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.417° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 21.28 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 72km E 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 2019-07-24 07:37:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-07-24 08:19:54 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 340 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 0.683 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.7 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 168 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 us60004ukq Id of event.
Event Code 60004ukq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60004ukq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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