A minor earthquake magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) strikes 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Dededo Village in Guam on Wednesday. Global time and date of event 12/02/25 / 2025-02-12 23:25:34 / February 12, 2025 @ 11:25 pm UTC/GMT. The 3.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:25:34 / 11:25 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 123.494 km (77 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 144.7046 East, latitude 13.7488 North, depth = 123.494 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pf0w. Id of event: us7000pf0w.
Nearby country/countries, Guam (c. 159 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 30 km (18 miles) from Dededo Village (c. 44 900 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Yigo Village (c. 20 500 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village (c. 19 700 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Mangilao Village (c. 15 200 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Barrigada Village (c. 8 900 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Santa Rita Village (c. 7 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Merizo Village, Inarajan Village, Umatac Village (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 29 km NNW of Dededo Village, Guam.
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