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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Yigo Village in Guam

Posted by admin on August 15, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 13.7809S, 145.0349WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Yigo Village in Guam. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 143.79 km (89 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 15:14:06 / 3:14 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nk5n. Unique identifier: us6000nk5n. Exact location of event, longitude 145.0349 East, latitude 13.7809 North, depth = 143.79 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/07/24 / 2024-07-29 15:14:06 / July 29, 2024 @ 3:14 pm.

Epicenter of the event was 36 km (22 miles) from Dededo Village (c. 44 900 pop), 31 km (20 miles) from Yigo Village (c. 20 500 pop), 43 km (26 miles) from Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village (c. 19 700 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Mangilao Village (c. 15 200 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Barrigada Village (c. 8 900 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Santa Rita Village (c. 7 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Guam (c. 159 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Merizo Village, Umatac Village, Inarajan Village (min 5000 pop).

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 eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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: 31 km NNE of Yigo Village, Guam.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 145.0349° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.7809° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 143.79 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 31 km NNE 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 2024-07-29 15:14:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-15 16:41:20 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 11 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.25 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.36 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 us6000nk5n Id of event.
Event Code 6000nk5n An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nk5n, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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