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Minor earthquake: M3.8 quake has struck near Dededo Village in Guam

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A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Dededo Village in Guam on Tuesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 101.541 km (63 miles). Exact location of event, depth 101.541 km, 144.7986° East, 13.5684° North. The temblor was detected at 01:16:03 / 1:16 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nxj1. Id of event: us7000nxj1. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/12/24 / 2024-12-10 01:16:03 / December 10, 2024 @ 1:16 am.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Merizo Village, Umatac Village, Inarajan Village (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 7 km (4 miles) from Dededo Village (c. 44 900 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Yigo Village (c. 20 500 pop), 9 km (6 miles) from Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village (c. 19 700 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Mangilao Village (c. 15 200 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Barrigada Village (c. 8 900 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Santa Rita Village (c. 7 500 pop). Close country/countries, Guam (c. 159 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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: 7 km NW of Dededo Village, Guam.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	144.7986° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	13.5684° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	101.541 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	7 km NW of Dededo 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	2024-12-10 01:16:03	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-10 16:02:52	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	5.2	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	223	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	10	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.071	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	124	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	us7000nxj1	Id of event.
Event Code	7000nxj1	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000nxj1,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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