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Light earthquake 4.5 mag, 37 km NE of Yigo Village, Guam

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Earthquake location 13.7817S, 145.1207WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Yigo Village in Guam on Monday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/05/24 / 2024-05-20 13:04:19 / May 20, 2024 @ 1:04 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 111.391 km (69 miles). Unique identifier: us6000mzt9. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000mzt9. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 145.1207 East, latitude 13.7817 North, depth = 111.391 km. The temblor was detected at 13:04:19 / 1:04 pm (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Guam (c. 159 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 42 km (26 miles) from Dededo Village (c. 44 900 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Yigo Village (c. 20 500 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village (c. 19 700 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Mangilao Village (c. 15 200 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Barrigada Village (c. 8 900 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Santa Rita Village (c. 7 500 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from Mongmong-Toto-Maite Village (c. 6 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Merizo Village, Umatac Village, Inarajan Village (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 37 km NE of Yigo Village, Guam. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 145.1207° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.7817° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 111.391 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 37 km NE of Yigo 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 2024-05-20 13:04:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-20 13:42:02 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 5 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 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 313 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 63 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.311 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.6 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 83 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 us6000mzt9 Id of event.
Event Code 6000mzt9 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mzt9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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