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Moderate earthquake, 5.4 mag strikes near Inarajan Village in Guam

Posted by admin on May 16, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 12.9353S, 145.4323WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Inarajan Village in Guam. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/04/24 / 2024-04-16 14:58:55 / April 16, 2024 @ 2:58 pm UTC/GMT. The 5.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:58:55 / 2:58 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 9.219 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us7000mcej. Ids that are associated to the event: pt24107050, us7000mcej. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 145.4323 East, latitude 12.9353 North, depth = 9.219 km.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Guam (c. 159 000 pop). Event epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Dededo Village (c. 44 900 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Yigo Village (c. 20 500 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village (c. 19 700 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Mangilao Village (c. 15 200 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Barrigada Village (c. 8 900 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Santa Rita Village (c. 7 500 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Mongmong-Toto-Maite Village (c. 6 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Piti Village, Asan-Maina Village, Agat Village.

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 83 km ESE of Inarajan Village, Guam.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 145.4323° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.9353° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9.219 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 83 km ESE of Inarajan 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 2024-04-16 14:58:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-15 14:47:23 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 6 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.7 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.444 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 450 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 ,pt,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 269 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.851 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.73 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 24 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000mcej Id of event.
Event Code 7000mcej An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt24107050,us7000mcej, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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