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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag strikes near Merizo Village in Guam

Posted by admin on January 22, 2021 0 Comments

Earthquake location 12.7981S, 144.3558WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Merizo Village in Guam on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 144.3558 East, latitude 12.7981 North, depth = 41.7 km. The temblor was picked up at 13:51:06 / 1:51 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000d2da. Event ids that are associated: us7000d2da. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 41.7 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/01/21 / 2021-01-22 13:51:06 / January 22, 2021 @ 1:51 pm.

Country/countries that might be effected, Guam (c. 159 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 96 km (59 miles) from Dededo Village (c. 44 900 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Yigo Village (c. 20 500 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village (c. 19 700 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Mangilao Village (c. 15 200 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Barrigada Village (c. 8 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Santa Rita Village (c. 7 500 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Mongmong-Toto-Maite Village (c. 6 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yigo Village, Dededo Village, Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village.

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 61 km SSW of Merizo Village, Guam. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 144.3558° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.7981° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 41.7 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 61 km SSW 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 2021-01-22 13:51:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-01-22 14:10:39 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.2 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 355 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 0.931 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.54 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 71 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 us7000d2da Id of event.
Event Code 7000d2da An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000d2da, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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