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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Guam region

Posted by admin on April 15, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 13.3378S, 144.9128WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, Guam region kilometers (0 miles) from Guam region. Unique identifier: us70008x4f. Ids that are associated to the event: us70008x4f. Exact location of event, longitude 144.9128 East, latitude 13.3378 North, depth = 56.23 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 56.23 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:59:13 / 5:59 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/04/20 / 2020-04-15 17:59:13 / April 15, 2020 @ 5:59 pm.

The epicenter was 22 km (13 miles) from Dededo Village (c. 44 900 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Yigo Village (c. 20 500 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village (c. 19 700 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Mangilao Village (c. 15 200 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Barrigada Village (c. 8 900 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Santa Rita Village (c. 7 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Agat Village, Umatac Village, Merizo Village (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Guam (c. 159 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: Guam region. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 144.9128° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.3378° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 56.23 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Guam region Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-04-15 17:59:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-04-15 22:00:13 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 271 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 0.253 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.75 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 166 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 us70008x4f Id of event.
Event Code 70008x4f An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70008x4f, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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