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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Merizo Village in Guam

Posted by admin on January 24, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 13.0813S, 144.5683WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Merizo Village in Guam. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 66.436 km (41 miles). The temblor was detected at 10:16:22 / 10:16 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pm11. Unique identifier: us6000pm11. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/01/25 / 2025-01-24 10:16:22 / January 24, 2025 @ 10:16 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 144.5683 East, latitude 13.0813 North, depth = 66.436 km.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yigo Village, Dededo Village, Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 57 km (35 miles) from Dededo Village (c. 44 900 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Yigo Village (c. 20 500 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village (c. 19 700 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Mangilao Village (c. 15 200 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Barrigada Village (c. 8 900 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Santa Rita Village (c. 7 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Guam (c. 159 000 pop).

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

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 23 km SSW of Merizo Village, Guam. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 144.5683° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.0813° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 66.436 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 23 km SSW of Merizo 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 2025-01-24 10:16:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-24 12:14:46 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 3 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 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 285 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 12 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.583 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.71 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 125 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 us6000pm11 Id of event.
Event Code 6000pm11 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pm11, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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