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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 62 km S of Merizo Village, Guam

Posted by admin on July 26, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 12.6992S, 144.6479WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Merizo Village in Guam. The epicenter was at a depth of 41.243 km (26 miles). The temblor was detected at 13:45:22 / 1:45 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000qv9n. Event ids that are associated: us6000qv9n. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 144.6479° East, latitude 12.6992° North, depth = 41.243 km. Global time and date of event 25/07/25 / 2025-07-25 13:45:22 / July 25, 2025 @ 1:45 pm UTC/GMT.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village, Barrigada Village, Hagåtña (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 89 km (55 miles) from Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village (c. 19 700 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Mangilao Village (c. 15 200 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Barrigada Village (c. 8 900 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Santa Rita Village (c. 7 500 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Mongmong-Toto-Maite Village (c. 6 800 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Chalan Pago-Ordot Village (c. 6 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Guam (c. 159 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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: 62 km S of Merizo Village, Guam.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 144.6479° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.6992° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 41.243 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 62 km S 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 2025-07-25 13:45:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-07-26 05:51:14 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 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 272 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 23 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.91 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 214 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 us6000qv9n Id of event.
Event Code 6000qv9n An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qv9n, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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