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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag was detected near Inarajan Village in Guam

Posted by admin on May 27, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 12.9186S, 145.2461WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Inarajan Village in Guam. The temblor was detected at 02:57:33 / 2:57 am (local time epicenter). 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: us7000q1pq. Unique identifier: us7000q1pq. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/05/25 / 2025-05-27 02:57:33 / May 27, 2025 @ 2:57 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 145.2461° East, latitude 12.9186° North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Guam (c. 159 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 80 km (50 miles) from Dededo Village (c. 44 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Yigo Village (c. 20 500 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village (c. 19 700 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Mangilao Village (c. 15 200 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Barrigada Village (c. 8 900 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Santa Rita Village (c. 7 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Mongmong-Toto-Maite Village (c. 6 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Piti Village, Asan-Maina Village, Agat Village.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 66 km SE of Inarajan Village, Guam.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 145.2461° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.9186° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 66 km SE 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 2025-05-27 02:57:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-27 03:15:46 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 6 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 386 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 39 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.761 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.6 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 98 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 us7000q1pq Id of event.
Event Code 7000q1pq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000q1pq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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