A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Inarajan Village in Guam on Tuesday. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000qjns. Unique identifier: us6000qjns. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 37.438 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/05/25 / 2025-05-27 21:26:17 / May 27, 2025 @ 9:26 pm. Exact location, longitude 145.1709° East, latitude 13.0455° North, depth = 37.438 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:26:17 / 9:26 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Dededo Village (c. 44 900 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Yigo Village (c. 20 500 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village (c. 19 700 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Mangilao Village (c. 15 200 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Barrigada Village (c. 8 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Santa Rita Village (c. 7 500 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Mongmong-Toto-Maite Village (c. 6 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Guam (c. 159 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Piti Village, Asan-Maina Village, Agat Village (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 52 km ESE of Inarajan Village, Guam. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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