A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 287 km WSW of Merizo Village, Guam (178 miles) on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000ngdg. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ngdg. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/08/24 / 2024-08-28 15:53:16 / August 28, 2024 @ 3:53 pm. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:53:16 / 3:53 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 88.474 km (55 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 142.4594° East, latitude 11.8394° North, depth = 88.474 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 287 km WSW of Merizo Village, Guam. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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