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Moderate earthquake: M5.1 quake has struck near Merizo Village in Guam

Posted by admin on September 12, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 12S, 143.7881WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 169 km SW of Merizo Village, Guam (105 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14.92 km (9 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 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:20:23 / 6:20 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/09/24 / 2024-09-12 06:20:23 / September 12, 2024 @ 6:20 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 143.7881 East, latitude 12 North, depth = 14.92 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nd8k. Unique identifier: us7000nd8k.

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. 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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 169 km SW of Merizo Village, Guam. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 143.7881° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 14.92 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 169 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 2024-09-12 06:20:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-12 09:02:13 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 400 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 50 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.759 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.74 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 86 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 us7000nd8k Id of event.
Event Code 7000nd8k An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nd8k, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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