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Moderate earthquake, 5.4 mag strikes near Merizo Village in Guam


Earthquake location 12.3126S, 144.1309WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 120 km SSW of Merizo Village, Guam (75 miles). The 5.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:27:34 / 9:27 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000myiz. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000myiz. Exact location, longitude 144.1309° East, latitude 12.3126° North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/07/24 / 2024-07-11 09:27:34 / July 11, 2024 @ 9:27 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 120 km SSW of Merizo Village, Guam. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 144.1309° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.3126° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 120 km SSW of Merizo 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 2024-07-11 09:27:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-11 09:50:36 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 6 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.3 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.529 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 451 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 86 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.458 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.88 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 60 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 us7000myiz Id of event.
Event Code 7000myiz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000myiz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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