A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 201 km WSW of Merizo Village, Guam (125 miles) on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 142.9275 East, latitude 12.6261 North, depth = 101.26 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000699p. Unique identifier: us6000699p. The epicenter was at a depth of 101.26 km (63 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:16:04 / 7:16 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/11/19 / 2019-11-01 09:16:04 / November 1, 2019 @ 9:16 am.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 201 km WSW of Merizo Village, Guam.
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