A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Inarajan Village in Guam on Sunday. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/08/24 / 2024-08-18 06:46:06 / August 18, 2024 @ 6:46 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 145.4535 East, latitude 13.0347 North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nd3s. Unique identifier: us7000nd3s. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:46:06 / 6:46 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 85 km (53 miles) from Dededo Village (c. 44 900 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Yigo Village (c. 20 500 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village (c. 19 700 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Mangilao Village (c. 15 200 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Barrigada Village (c. 8 900 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Santa Rita Village (c. 7 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Guam (c. 159 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Agat Village, Asan-Maina Village, Santa Rita Village.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 80 km ESE of Inarajan Village, Guam. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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