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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Merizo Village in Guam

Posted by admin on April 30, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 12.2217S, 143.5609WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 166 km SW of Merizo Village, Guam (103 miles). Exact location of event, depth 19.964 km, 143.5609° East, 12.2217° North. Unique identifier: us6000q6j4. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000q6j4. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:42:59 / 11:42 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/04/25 / 2025-04-05 11:42:59 / April 5, 2025 @ 11:42 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 19.964 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface.

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 166 km SW of Merizo Village, Guam. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 143.5609° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.2217° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 19.964 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 166 km SW of Merizo 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 2025-04-05 11:42:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-04-30 06:03:22 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 326 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 24 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.864 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.5 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 125 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 us6000q6j4 Id of event.
Event Code 6000q6j4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000q6j4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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