A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) was reported 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Yigo Village in Guam on Tuesday. Exact location, longitude 144.9649° East, latitude 13.778° North, depth = 126.447 km. Global time and date of event 21/05/24 / 2024-05-21 06:35:56 / May 21, 2024 @ 6:35 am UTC/GMT. The 3.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:35:56 / 6:35 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000mniq. Event ids that are associated: us7000mniq. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 126.447 km (79 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquake epicenter was 32 km (20 miles) from Dededo Village (c. 44 900 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Yigo Village (c. 20 500 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village (c. 19 700 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Mangilao Village (c. 15 200 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Barrigada Village (c. 8 900 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Santa Rita Village (c. 7 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Merizo Village, Umatac Village, Inarajan Village (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Guam (c. 159 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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