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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Inarajan Village in Guam


Earthquake location 13.0707S, 144.7771WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Inarajan Village in Guam on Saturday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/11/24 / 2024-11-16 18:19:48 / November 16, 2024 @ 6:19 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 144.7771 East, latitude 13.0707 North, depth = 55.611 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 55.611 km (35 miles). Event id: us7000nvhn. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nvhn. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 18:19:48 / 6:19 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yigo Village, Dededo Village, Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Guam (c. 159 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Dededo Village (c. 44 900 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Yigo Village (c. 20 500 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village (c. 19 700 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Mangilao Village (c. 15 200 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Barrigada Village (c. 8 900 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Santa Rita Village (c. 7 500 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Mongmong-Toto-Maite Village (c. 6 800 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 22 km S of Inarajan Village, Guam. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 144.7771° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.0707° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 55.611 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 22 km S of Inarajan 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 2024-11-16 18:19:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-12 16:41:44 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.5 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 312 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 49 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.523 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.01 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 122 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 us7000nvhn Id of event.
Event Code 7000nvhn An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nvhn, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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