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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Dededo Village in Guam

Posted by admin on December 19, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 13.6771S, 144.7346WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Dededo Village in Guam on Thursday. Unique identifier: us7000p051. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000p051. Exact location of event, longitude 144.7346 East, latitude 13.6771 North, depth = 102.501 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/12/24 / 2024-12-19 19:30:59 / December 19, 2024 @ 7:30 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 102.501 km (64 miles). The temblor was reported at 19:30:59 / 7:30 pm (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Merizo Village, Inarajan Village, Umatac Village (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 21 km (13 miles) from Dededo Village (c. 44 900 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Yigo Village (c. 20 500 pop), 22 km (13 miles) from Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village (c. 19 700 pop), 27 km (16 miles) from Mangilao Village (c. 15 200 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Barrigada Village (c. 8 900 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Santa Rita Village (c. 7 500 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Mongmong-Toto-Maite Village (c. 6 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Guam (c. 159 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-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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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. 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: 20 km NNW of Dededo Village, Guam.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 144.7346° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.6771° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 102.501 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 20 km NNW 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 2024-12-19 19:30:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-19 19:51:24 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 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 327 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 42 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.157 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.77 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 69 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 us7000p051 Id of event.
Event Code 7000p051 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000p051, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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