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Minor earthquake, 3.7 mag was detected near Piti Village in Guam


Earthquake location 13.7354S, 144.3374WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Piti Village in Guam. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 05:04:10 / 5:04 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 144.3374 East, latitude 13.7354 North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us6000a71i. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000a71i. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/06/20 / 2020-06-06 05:04:10 / June 6, 2020 @ 5:04 am.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Inarajan Village, Yigo Village, Merizo Village (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Dededo Village (c. 44 900 pop), 64 km (39 miles) from Yigo Village (c. 20 500 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village (c. 19 700 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Mangilao Village (c. 15 200 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Barrigada Village (c. 8 900 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Santa Rita Village (c. 7 500 pop). Close 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 four and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.

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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: 48 km NW of Piti Village, Guam. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 144.3374° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.7354° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 48 km NW of Piti 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 2020-06-06 05:04:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-06-06 05:36:45 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 211 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 0.536 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.43 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 104 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 us6000a71i Id of event.
Event Code 6000a71i An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000a71i, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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