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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Inarajan Village in Guam

Posted by admin on February 7, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 13.1584S, 145.0712WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Inarajan Village in Guam on Monday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 58.626 km (36 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 145.0712 East, latitude 13.1584 North, depth = 58.626 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/01/25 / 2025-01-27 20:05:07 / January 27, 2025 @ 8:05 pm. The temblor was detected at 20:05:07 / 8:05 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pbia. Unique identifier: us7000pbia.

Earthquake epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Dededo Village (c. 44 900 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Yigo Village (c. 20 500 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village (c. 19 700 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Mangilao Village (c. 15 200 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Barrigada Village (c. 8 900 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Santa Rita Village (c. 7 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Guam (c. 159 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Piti Village, Asan-Maina Village, Agat Village (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 37 km ESE of Inarajan Village, Guam.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 145.0712° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.1584° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 58.626 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 37 km ESE 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 2025-01-27 20:05:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-07 18:10:48 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 272 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 43 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.472 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 129 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 us7000pbia Id of event.
Event Code 7000pbia An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pbia, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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