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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Merizo Village in Guam


Earthquake location 12.7008S, 144.7213WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Merizo Village in Guam. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 44.176 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:11:09 / 9:11 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000nd9q. Event ids that are associated: us7000nd9q. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/08/24 / 2024-08-19 21:11:09 / August 19, 2024 @ 9:11 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 144.7213° East, 12.7008° North, depth 44.176 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, Guam (c. 159 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Dededo Village (c. 44 900 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Yigo Village (c. 20 500 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village (c. 19 700 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Mangilao Village (c. 15 200 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Barrigada Village (c. 8 900 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Santa Rita Village (c. 7 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yigo Village, Dededo Village, Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village (min 5000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 two and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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: 62 km S of Merizo Village, Guam.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 144.7213° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.7008° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 44.176 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 62 km S 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 2024-08-19 21:11:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-13 02:48:50 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 298 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 27 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.895 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.61 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 us7000nd9q Id of event.
Event Code 7000nd9q An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nd9q, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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