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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Yigo Village in Guam


Earthquake location 13.6326S, 144.9455WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Yigo Village in Guam on Monday. Event id: us7000pbhd. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pbhd. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/01/25 / 2025-01-27 06:50:58 / January 27, 2025 @ 6:50 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 137.753 km, 144.9455° East, 13.6326° North. The temblor was picked up at 06:50:58 / 6:50 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 137.753 km (86 miles).

The epicenter was 17 km (11 miles) from Dededo Village (c. 44 900 pop), 12 km (8 miles) from Yigo Village (c. 20 500 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village (c. 19 700 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Mangilao Village (c. 15 200 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Barrigada Village (c. 8 900 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Santa Rita Village (c. 7 500 pop). Close country/countries, Guam (c. 159 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Merizo Village, Umatac Village, Inarajan Village.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 12 km NNE of Yigo Village, Guam. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 144.9455° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.6326° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 137.753 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 12 km NNE 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 2025-01-27 06:50:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-20 15:05:11 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 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 32 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.086 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.54 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 156 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 us7000pbhd Id of event.
Event Code 7000pbhd An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pbhd, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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