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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Agat Village in Guam


Earthquake location 13.3904S, 144.4001WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Agat Village in Guam. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 141.411 km (88 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 22/04/24 / 2024-04-22 01:36:36 / April 22, 2024 @ 1:36 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 144.4001 East, latitude 13.3904 North, depth = 141.411 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000muxc. Unique identifier: us6000muxc. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:36:36 / 1:36 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries, Guam (c. 159 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yigo Village, Dededo Village, Barrigada Village (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 50 km (31 miles) from Dededo Village (c. 44 900 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Yigo Village (c. 20 500 pop), 43 km (26 miles) from Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village (c. 19 700 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Mangilao Village (c. 15 200 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Barrigada Village (c. 8 900 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Santa Rita Village (c. 7 500 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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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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. 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: 28 km W of Agat Village, Guam.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 144.4001° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.3904° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 141.411 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 28 km W of Agat 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 2024-04-22 01:36:36 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-04-29 23:05:47 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 284 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 24 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.497 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.46 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 79 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 us6000muxc Id of event.
Event Code 6000muxc An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000muxc, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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