Minor earthquake, 3.8 mag strikes near Dededo Village in Guam

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A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Dededo Village in Guam. Global time and date of event 25/12/19 / 2019-12-25 02:51:24 / December 25, 2019 @ 2:51 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 154.46 km (96 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006xrn. Id of event: us70006xrn. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 144.714 East, latitude 13.8354 North, depth = 154.46 km. The temblor was reported at 12:51:24 / 12:51 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Merizo Village, Inarajan Village, Umatac Village (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 38 km (23 miles) from Dededo Village (c. 44 900 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Yigo Village (c. 20 500 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village (c. 19 700 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Mangilao Village (c. 15 200 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Barrigada Village (c. 8 900 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Santa Rita Village (c. 7 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Guam (c. 159 000 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 37 km NNW of Dededo Village, Guam. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	144.714° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	13.8354° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	154.46 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	37km NNW of Dededo 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	2019-12-25 02:51:24	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-01-12 03:34:03	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	222	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	0.287	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.51 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	119	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	us70006xrn	Id of event.
Event Code	70006xrn	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us70006xrn,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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