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Moderate earthquake, 5.5 mag strikes near Agat Village in Guam


Earthquake location 13.416S, 144.505WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) strikes 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Agat Village in Guam on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 05:47:51 / 5:47 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 133.4 km, 144.505° East, 13.416° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/01/25 / 2025-01-21 05:47:51 / January 21, 2025 @ 5:47 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 133.4 km (83 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: pt25021000. Ids that are associated to the event: pt25021000.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yigo Village, Dededo Village, Barrigada Village (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 38 km (24 miles) from Dededo Village (c. 44 900 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Yigo Village (c. 20 500 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village (c. 19 700 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Mangilao Village (c. 15 200 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Barrigada Village (c. 8 900 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Santa Rita Village (c. 7 500 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Mongmong-Toto-Maite Village (c. 6 800 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Chalan Pago-Ordot Village (c. 6 800 pop). Nearby 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 five and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 17 km WNW of Agat Village, Guam.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 144.505° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.416° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 133.4 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 17 km WNW of Agat 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 2025-01-21 05:47:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-21 06:03:06 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 18 The total number of felt reports
CDI 5.2 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 475 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network pt The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,pt, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 15 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 68.399994528 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type Mi The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID pt25021000 Id of event.
Event Code 25021000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt25021000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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