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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 227 km SW of Merizo Village, Guam


Earthquake location 11.9871S, 143.0285WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 227 km SW of Merizo Village, Guam (141 miles) on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 07:39:42 / 7:39 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 143.0285 East, latitude 11.9871 North, depth = 37.261 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/07/24 / 2024-07-13 07:39:42 / July 13, 2024 @ 7:39 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 37.261 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000newz. Id of event: us6000newz.

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 227 km SW of Merizo Village, Guam. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 143.0285° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 11.9871° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 37.261 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 227 km SW 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 2024-07-13 07:39:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-25 08:25:15 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 271 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 22 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.399 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.9 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 145 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 us6000newz Id of event.
Event Code 6000newz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000newz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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