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Light earthquake: M4.7 quake has struck near Merizo Village in Guam

Posted by admin on November 30, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 13.0438S, 143.8836WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 88 kilometers (55 miles) from Merizo Village in Guam on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, 143.8836° East, 13.0438° North, depth 130.032 km. 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 130.032 km (81 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/11/24 / 2024-11-30 21:36:05 / November 30, 2024 @ 9:36 pm. The temblor was reported at 21:36:05 / 9:36 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nv6t. Id of event: us7000nv6t.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Piti Village, Inarajan Village, Santa Rita Village (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Santa Rita Village (c. 7 500 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Agat Village (c. 5 700 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Inarajan Village (c. 3 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Merizo Village (c. 2 200 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Piti Village (c. 1 700 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Umatac Village (c. 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Guam (c. 159 000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-four 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.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 88 km WSW of Merizo Village, Guam.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 143.8836° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.0438° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 130.032 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 88 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 2024-11-30 21:36:05 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-30 22:10:06 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 3 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.1 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 92 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.101 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.71 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 39 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 us7000nv6t Id of event.
Event Code 7000nv6t An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nv6t, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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