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Moderate earthquake, 5.3 mag has occurred near Yigo Village in Guam


Earthquake location 13.4726S, 145.5821WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Yigo Village in Guam. The 5.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:02:13 / 8:02 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 145.5821 East, latitude 13.4726 North, depth = 63.65 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 63.65 km (40 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/03/25 / 2025-03-01 20:02:13 / March 1, 2025 @ 8:02 pm. 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: us6000pwbj. Unique identifier: us6000pwbj.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 80 km (50 miles) from Dededo Village (c. 44 900 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Yigo Village (c. 20 500 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village (c. 19 700 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Mangilao Village (c. 15 200 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Barrigada Village (c. 8 900 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Santa Rita Village (c. 7 500 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Mongmong-Toto-Maite Village (c. 6 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Umatac Village, Merizo Village, Agat Village (min 5000 pop). Close 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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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: 75 km E of Yigo Village, Guam. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 145.5821° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.4726° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 63.65 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 75 km E 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 2025-03-01 20:02:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-01 20:22:19 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 14 The total number of felt reports
CDI 5 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 439 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 107 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.704 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.69 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 57 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 us6000pwbj Id of event.
Event Code 6000pwbj An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pwbj, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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