A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 144 km SW of Merizo Village, Guam (89 miles) on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 143.8985 East, latitude 12.2049 North, depth = 11.6 km. Id of earthquake: us600068pn. Event ids that are associated: us600068pn. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/10/19 / 2019-10-30 11:43:05 / October 30, 2019 @ 11:43 am. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:43:05 / 9:43 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 11.6 km (7 miles).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 144 km SW of Merizo Village, Guam.
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