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Light earthquake: M4 quake has struck near Dededo Village in Guam

Posted by admin on March 8, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location 13.6578S, 144.739WA light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Dededo Village in Guam on Sunday. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:37:41 / 7:37 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/02/19 / 2019-02-16 21:37:41 / February 16, 2019 @ 9:37 pm. Id of earthquake: us2000jpkx. Event ids that are associated: us2000jpkx. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 144.739 East, latitude 13.6578 North, depth = 98.95 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 98.95 km (61 miles).

Close country/countries, Guam (c. 159 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Merizo Village, Inarajan Village, Umatac Village (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 19 km (12 miles) from Dededo Village (c. 44 900 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Yigo Village (c. 20 500 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village (c. 19 700 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Mangilao Village (c. 15 200 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Barrigada Village (c. 8 900 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Santa Rita Village (c. 7 500 pop).

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-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 18 km NW of Dededo Village, Guam.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 144.739° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.6578° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 98.95 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 18km 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 2019-02-16 21:37:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-03-08 02:53:59 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 600 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 246 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.873 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.57 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 151 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 us2000jpkx Id of event.
Event Code 2000jpkx An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000jpkx, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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