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Moderate earthquake, 5.3 mag was detected near Merizo Village in Guam


Earthquake location 13.0371S, 144.1862WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) strikes 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Merizo Village in Guam on Saturday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/09/24 / 2024-09-14 11:41:32 / September 14, 2024 @ 11:41 am. The 5.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:41:32 / 11:41 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000ndsf. Event ids that are associated: us7000ndsf. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 144.1862° East, 13.0371° North.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yigo Village, Dededo Village, Barrigada Village. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Guam (c. 159 000 pop). Event epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Dededo Village (c. 44 900 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Yigo Village (c. 20 500 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village (c. 19 700 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Mangilao Village (c. 15 200 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Barrigada Village (c. 8 900 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Santa Rita Village (c. 7 500 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Mongmong-Toto-Maite Village (c. 6 800 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 fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.

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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: 58 km WSW of Merizo Village, Guam.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 144.1862° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.0371° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 58 km WSW 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 2024-09-14 11:41:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-14 12:01:47 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 32 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.2 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 446 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 62 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.682 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.83 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 59 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 us7000ndsf Id of event.
Event Code 7000ndsf An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ndsf, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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