A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 248 km SSW of Merizo Village, Guam (154 miles) on Wednesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/03/20 / 2020-03-03 18:47:38 / March 3, 2020 @ 6:47 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 143.8993° East, 11.1529° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 04:47:38 / 4:47 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us60008b76. Ids that are associated to the event: us60008b76. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 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 one and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 248 km SSW of Merizo Village, Guam.
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