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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag was detected near Yigo Village in Guam


Earthquake location 13.3219S, 145.0533WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Yigo Village in Guam. Exact location of earthquake, 145.0533° East, 13.3219° North, depth 52.7 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 52.7 km (33 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/03/20 / 2020-03-04 19:37:13 / March 4, 2020 @ 7:37 pm. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:37:13 / 5:37 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us600089nb. Ids that are associated to the event: us600089nb.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Agat Village, Umatac Village, Merizo Village (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 32 km (20 miles) from Dededo Village (c. 44 900 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Yigo Village (c. 20 500 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village (c. 19 700 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Mangilao Village (c. 15 200 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Barrigada Village (c. 8 900 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Santa Rita Village (c. 7 500 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Mongmong-Toto-Maite Village (c. 6 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Guam (c. 159 000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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: 29 km SE of Yigo Village, Guam.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 145.0533° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.3219° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 52.7 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 29km SE 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 2020-03-04 19:37:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-03-04 20:06:05 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 600 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 20 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.7 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 364 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 0.32 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.54 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 68 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 us600089nb Id of event.
Event Code 600089nb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us600089nb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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