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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 82 km WSW of Umatac Village, Guam

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Earthquake location 13.1544S, 143.9187WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Umatac Village in Guam on Friday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/10/24 / 2024-10-18 07:32:51 / October 18, 2024 @ 7:32 am. The temblor was detected at 07:32:51 / 7:32 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 143.831 km (89 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us7000nqep. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nqep. Exact location of event, depth 143.831 km, 143.9187° East, 13.1544° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 86 km (53 miles) from Santa Rita Village (c. 7 500 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Agat Village (c. 5 700 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Inarajan Village (c. 3 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Merizo Village (c. 2 200 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Asan-Maina Village (c. 2 100 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Piti Village (c. 1 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Guam (c. 159 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Asan-Maina Village, Inarajan Village, Piti Village.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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 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: 82 km WSW of Umatac Village, Guam.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 143.9187° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.1544° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 143.831 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 82 km WSW of Umatac 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 2024-10-18 07:32:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-14 07:22:41 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 284 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 24 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.02 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.64 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 93 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 us7000nqep Id of event.
Event Code 7000nqep An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nqep, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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