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Light earthquake 4.7 mag, 96 km S of Merizo Village, Guam


Earthquake location 12.3926S, 144.6236WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 96 kilometers (60 miles) from Merizo Village in Guam on Sunday. Exact location of event, longitude 144.6236 East, latitude 12.3926 North, depth = 10 km. Event id: us70004jst. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70004jst. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/07/19 / 2019-07-13 21:51:23 / July 13, 2019 @ 9:51 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 07:51:23 / 7:51 am (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Inarajan Village, Merizo Village. Country/countries that might be effected, Guam (c. 159 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 99 km (61 miles) from Inarajan Village (c. 3 100 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Merizo Village (c. 2 200 pop).

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-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 96 km S of Merizo Village, Guam.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 144.6236° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.3926° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 96km S 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 2019-07-13 21:51:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-07-13 22:09:47 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 340 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 1.213 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.97 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 137 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 us70004jst Id of event.
Event Code 70004jst An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70004jst, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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