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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag strikes near Merizo Village in Guam


Earthquake location 12.3818S, 142.8257WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 222 km WSW of Merizo Village, Guam (138 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 13:50:24 / 1:50 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 26.897 km, 142.8257° East, 12.3818° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/09/24 / 2024-09-27 13:50:24 / September 27, 2024 @ 1:50 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 26.897 km (17 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us7000ngt9. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ngt9.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 222 km WSW of Merizo Village, Guam.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 142.8257° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.3818° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 26.897 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 222 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 2024-09-27 13:50:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-27 14:08:05 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 369 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 51 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.042 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.96 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 91 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 us7000ngt9 Id of event.
Event Code 7000ngt9 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ngt9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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