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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Inarajan Village in Guam


Earthquake location 13.0347S, 145.4535WA 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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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 145.4535° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.0347° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 80 km ESE of Inarajan 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 2024-08-18 06:46:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-13 06:54:31 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 24 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.211 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.47 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 157 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 us7000nd3s Id of event.
Event Code 7000nd3s An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nd3s, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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