A 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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