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Moderate earthquake, 5.3 mag has occurred near Merizo Village in Guam


Earthquake location 12.1637S, 143.973WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 143 km SSW of Merizo Village, Guam (89 miles). Unique identifier: us6000pfvi. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pfvi. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 27/12/24 / 2024-12-27 09:30:55 / December 27, 2024 @ 9:30 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 143.973° East, latitude 12.1637° North, depth = 19.132 km. The 5.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:30:55 / 9:30 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 19.132 km (12 miles).

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 143 km SSW of Merizo Village, Guam. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 143.973° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.1637° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 19.132 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 143 km SSW 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 2024-12-27 09:30:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-27 09:43:41 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 432 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 84 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.664 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.44 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 114 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 us6000pfvi Id of event.
Event Code 6000pfvi An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pfvi, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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