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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag has occurred near Merizo Village in Guam

Posted by admin on September 16, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 12.9471S, 144.1852WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Merizo Village in Guam on Monday. The temblor was reported at 18:11:59 / 6:11 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000nean. Event ids that are associated: us7000nean. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 16/09/24 / 2024-09-16 18:11:59 / September 16, 2024 @ 6:11 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 144.1852° East, 12.9471° North, depth 10 km.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 95 km (59 miles) from Dededo Village (c. 44 900 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Yigo Village (c. 20 500 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village (c. 19 700 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Mangilao Village (c. 15 200 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Barrigada Village (c. 8 900 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Santa Rita Village (c. 7 500 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Mongmong-Toto-Maite Village (c. 6 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Guam (c. 159 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yigo Village, Dededo Village, Barrigada Village (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every 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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 63 km SW of Merizo Village, Guam.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 144.1852° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.9471° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 63 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 2024-09-16 18:11:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-16 18:38:18 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.7 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 386 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 41 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.756 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.82 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 109 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000nean Id of event.
Event Code 7000nean An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nean, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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