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Light earthquake, 4 mag strikes near Yigo Village in Guam

Posted by admin on June 7, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 14.0029S, 145.0082WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Yigo Village in Guam on Tuesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/05/24 / 2024-05-14 16:26:41 / May 14, 2024 @ 4:26 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 127.195 km (79 miles). Exact location of event, depth 127.195 km, 145.0082° East, 14.0029° North. The temblor was detected at 16:26:41 / 4:26 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000n02p. Id of event: us6000n02p.

Country/countries that might be effected, Guam (c. 159 000 pop). Event epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) from Dededo Village (c. 44 900 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Yigo Village (c. 20 500 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village (c. 19 700 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Mangilao Village (c. 15 200 pop), 64 km (39 miles) from Barrigada Village (c. 8 900 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Santa Rita Village (c. 7 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages 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. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 53 km NNE of Yigo Village, Guam.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 145.0082° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.0029° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 127.195 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 53 km NNE 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 2024-05-14 16:26:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-07 18:47:41 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 246 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 15 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.433 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.57 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 117 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 us6000n02p Id of event.
Event Code 6000n02p An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000n02p, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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