Light earthquake, 4.9 mag strikes near Merizo Village in Guam

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 287 km SW of Merizo Village, Guam (178 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location of event, depth 51.55 km, 142.6859° East, 11.5532° North. The temblor was reported at 04:37:56 / 4:37 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us70006qny. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006qny. The epicenter was at a depth of 51.55 km (32 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/12/19 / 2019-12-24 18:37:56 / December 24, 2019 @ 6:37 pm.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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 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: 287 km SW of Merizo Village, Guam.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	142.6859° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	11.5532° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	51.55 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	287km SW of Merizo 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	2019-12-24 18:37:56	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-12-25 15:07:01	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	369	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	20.375	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.6 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	117	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	us70006qny	Id of event.
Event Code	70006qny	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us70006qny,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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