A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Yigo Village in Guam on Thursday. Id of earthquake: us7000nsmy. Event ids that are associated: us7000nsmy. 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 127.823 km (79 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/10/24 / 2024-10-31 15:48:09 / October 31, 2024 @ 3:48 pm. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:48:09 / 3:48 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 145.0987 East, latitude 13.6014 North, depth = 127.823 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Merizo Village, Umatac Village, Agat Village (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Guam (c. 159 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 30 km (18 miles) from Dededo Village (c. 44 900 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Yigo Village (c. 20 500 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village (c. 19 700 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Mangilao Village (c. 15 200 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Barrigada Village (c. 8 900 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Santa Rita Village (c. 7 500 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Mongmong-Toto-Maite Village (c. 6 800 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 23 km ENE of Yigo Village, Guam.
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