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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Merizo Village in Guam


Earthquake location 12.3439S, 144.0465WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 122 km SSW of Merizo Village, Guam (76 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/07/24 / 2024-07-08 06:37:43 / July 8, 2024 @ 6:37 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 29.876 km (19 miles). Exact location, longitude 144.0465° East, latitude 12.3439° North, depth = 29.876 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:37:43 / 6:37 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000mzkd. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000mzkd. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

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 two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 122 km SSW of Merizo Village, Guam.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 144.0465° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.3439° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 29.876 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 122 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 2024-07-08 06:37:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-07 04:47:49 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 23 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.474 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.53 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 136 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 us7000mzkd Id of event.
Event Code 7000mzkd An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mzkd, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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