A minor earthquake magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Asan-Maina Village in Guam. Global time and date of event 29/04/20 / 2020-04-29 12:48:03 / April 29, 2020 @ 12:48 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70009ag0. Id of event: us70009ag0. Exact location of event, depth 55.04 km, 144.6679° East, 13.6156° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 55.04 km (34 miles). The 3.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:48:03 / 10:48 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Inarajan Village, Merizo Village, Umatac Village. Event epicenter was 21 km (13 miles) from Dededo Village (c. 44 900 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Yigo Village (c. 20 500 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village (c. 19 700 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Mangilao Village (c. 15 200 pop), 22 km (13 miles) from Barrigada Village (c. 8 900 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Santa Rita Village (c. 7 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Guam (c. 159 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 16 km NNW of Asan-Maina Village, Guam.
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