A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 109 kilometers (68 miles) from Inarajan Village in Guam. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/07/19 / 2019-07-16 22:03:54 / July 16, 2019 @ 10:03 pm. The 5.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:03:54 / 8:03 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pt19197001. Unique identifier: pt19197001. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 33.9 km (21 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 144.807 East, latitude 12.286 North, depth = 33.9 km.
Event epicenter was 110 km (68 miles) from Inarajan Village (c. 3 100 pop), 110 km (68 miles) from Merizo Village (c. 2 200 pop), 114 km (71 miles) from Umatac Village (c. 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Umatac Village, Inarajan Village, Merizo Village (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Guam (c. 159 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 109 km S of Inarajan Village, Guam. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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