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Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Yigo Village in Guam

Posted by admin on June 16, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 13.8176S, 145.4883WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Yigo Village in Guam on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 109.008 km (68 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:30:23 / 1:30 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 145.4883° East, 13.8176° North, depth 109.008 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mp0t. Id of event: us7000mp0t. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/05/24 / 2024-05-23 13:30:23 / May 23, 2024 @ 1:30 pm.

Earthquake epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Dededo Village (c. 44 900 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Yigo Village (c. 20 500 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village (c. 19 700 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Mangilao Village (c. 15 200 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Barrigada Village (c. 8 900 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Mongmong-Toto-Maite Village (c. 6 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Asan-Maina Village, Yona Village, Agana Heights Village. Close country/countries, Guam (c. 159 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. 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: 71 km ENE of Yigo Village, Guam.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 145.4883° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.8176° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 109.008 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 71 km ENE 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 2024-05-23 13:30:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-16 18:51:38 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 15 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.644 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.09 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 99 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 us7000mp0t Id of event.
Event Code 7000mp0t An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mp0t, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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