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Moderate earthquake, 5.5 mag was detected near Agat Village in Guam

Posted by admin on January 21, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 13.4344S, 144.3969WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Agat Village in Guam. Exact location, longitude 144.3969° East, latitude 13.4344° North, depth = 137.242 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt25021000, us6000pldf. Id of event: us6000pldf. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/01/25 / 2025-01-21 05:47:51 / January 21, 2025 @ 5:47 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:47:51 / 5:47 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 137.242 km (85 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yigo Village, Dededo Village, Mangilao Village. Close country/countries, Guam (c. 159 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 49 km (30 miles) from Dededo Village (c. 44 900 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Yigo Village (c. 20 500 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village (c. 19 700 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Mangilao Village (c. 15 200 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Barrigada Village (c. 8 900 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Santa Rita Village (c. 7 500 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Mongmong-Toto-Maite Village (c. 6 800 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Chalan Pago-Ordot Village (c. 6 800 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 29 km WNW of Agat Village, Guam.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 144.3969° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.4344° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 137.242 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 29 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 06:11:55 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 22 The total number of felt reports
CDI 5.2 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.841 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 477 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 ,pt,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 100 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.484 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.83 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 54 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000pldf Id of event.
Event Code 6000pldf An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt25021000,us6000pldf, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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