Minor earthquake, 3.9 mag has occurred near Yigo Village in Guam

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A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) was reported 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Yigo Village in Guam on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 195.916 km (122 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pm53. Unique identifier: us6000pm53. The 3.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:58:44 / 6:58 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 16/01/25 / 2025-01-16 18:58:44 / January 16, 2025 @ 6:58 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 144.692° East, 13.9882° North, depth 195.916 km.

Earthquake epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Dededo Village (c. 44 900 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Yigo Village (c. 20 500 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village (c. 19 700 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Mangilao Village (c. 15 200 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Barrigada Village (c. 8 900 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Santa Rita Village (c. 7 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Merizo Village, Inarajan Village, Umatac Village. Nearby country/countries, Guam (c. 159 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	144.692° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	13.9882° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	195.916 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	54 km NNW of Yigo 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	2025-01-16 18:58:44	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-01-26 13:55:45	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		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	234	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	23	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.432	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.43 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	105	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	us6000pm53	Id of event.
Event Code	6000pm53	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000pm53,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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