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Minor earthquake: M3.7 quake has struck near Merizo Village in Guam

Posted by admin on November 6, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 12.9202S, 143.9824WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) was reported 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Merizo Village in Guam on Saturday. The 3.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:03:53 / 5:03 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000np73. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000np73. Exact location of event, depth 100.829 km, 143.9824° East, 12.9202° North. Global time and date of event 12/10/24 / 2024-10-12 17:03:53 / October 12, 2024 @ 5:03 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 100.829 km (63 miles).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 84 km (52 miles) from Merizo Village (c. 2 200 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Umatac Village (c. 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Guam (c. 159 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Umatac Village, Merizo Village (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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. 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: 83 km WSW of Merizo Village, Guam.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 143.9824° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.9202° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 100.829 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 83 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 2024-10-12 17:03:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-06 23:48:48 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 211 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 11 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.089 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.74 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 142 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 us7000np73 Id of event.
Event Code 7000np73 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000np73, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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