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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Yigo Village in Guam


Earthquake location 14.1306S, 145.3089WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Yigo Village in Guam on Saturday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nyg1. Id of event: us7000nyg1. Exact location, longitude 145.3089° East, latitude 14.1306° North, depth = 93.23 km. The temblor was reported at 03:40:01 / 3:40 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 30/11/24 / 2024-11-30 03:40:01 / November 30, 2024 @ 3:40 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 93.23 km (58 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Event epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Dededo Village (c. 44 900 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Yigo Village (c. 20 500 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village (c. 19 700 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Mangilao Village (c. 15 200 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Barrigada Village (c. 8 900 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Mongmong-Toto-Maite Village (c. 6 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hagåtña, Mangilao Village, Mongmong-Toto-Maite Village. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Guam (c. 159 000 pop).

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 79 km NE of Yigo Village, Guam. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 145.3089° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.1306° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 93.23 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 79 km NE 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 2024-11-30 03:40:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-24 22:59:42 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 298 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 15 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.687 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.52 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 167 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 us7000nyg1 Id of event.
Event Code 7000nyg1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nyg1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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