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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Yigo Village in Guam


Earthquake location 13.7939S, 144.8725WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Yigo Village in Guam on Saturday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/05/20 / 2020-05-01 22:27:17 / May 1, 2020 @ 10:27 pm. Exact location, longitude 144.8725° East, latitude 13.7939° North, depth = 139.83 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 139.83 km (87 miles). Unique identifier: us700098h1. Ids that are associated to the event: us700098h1. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 08:27:17 / 8:27 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, Guam (c. 159 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Merizo Village, Umatac Village, Inarajan Village (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 31 km (19 miles) from Dededo Village (c. 44 900 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Yigo Village (c. 20 500 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village (c. 19 700 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Mangilao Village (c. 15 200 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Barrigada Village (c. 8 900 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Santa Rita Village (c. 7 500 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 28 km N of Yigo Village, Guam. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 144.8725° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.7939° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 139.83 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 28km N 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 2020-05-01 22:27:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-05-01 22:52:41 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 298 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 0.203 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.66 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 79 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 us700098h1 Id of event.
Event Code 700098h1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us700098h1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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