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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Yigo Village in Guam

Posted by admin on November 21, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 13.5993S, 145.3388WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Yigo Village in Guam. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 84.767 km (53 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 14:17:34 / 2:17 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000p6rp. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000p6rp. Exact location, longitude 145.3388° East, latitude 13.5993° North, depth = 84.767 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/11/24 / 2024-11-21 14:17:34 / November 21, 2024 @ 2:17 pm.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Merizo Village, Umatac Village, Agat Village (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 55 km (34 miles) from Dededo Village (c. 44 900 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Yigo Village (c. 20 500 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village (c. 19 700 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Mangilao Village (c. 15 200 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Barrigada Village (c. 8 900 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Santa Rita Village (c. 7 500 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Mongmong-Toto-Maite Village (c. 6 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Guam (c. 159 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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

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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 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: 49 km E of Yigo Village, Guam.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 145.3388° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.5993° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 84.767 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 49 km E of Yigo 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 2024-11-21 14:17:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-21 14:34:28 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 4 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 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 341 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 33 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.458 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.76 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 63 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 us6000p6rp Id of event.
Event Code 6000p6rp An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000p6rp, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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