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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Merizo Village in Guam

Posted by admin on August 10, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 12.8109S, 144.0657WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Merizo Village in Guam. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/08/25 / 2025-08-10 15:24:01 / August 10, 2025 @ 3:24 pm. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:24:01 / 3:24 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qzn1. Id of event: us6000qzn1. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 86.658 km, 144.0657° East, 12.8109° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 86.658 km (54 miles).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Guam (c. 159 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Santa Rita Village (c. 7 500 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Agat Village (c. 5 700 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Talofofo Village (c. 3 200 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Inarajan Village (c. 3 100 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Merizo Village (c. 2 200 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Umatac Village (c. 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Talofofo Village, Santa Rita Village, Agat Village (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 82 km SW of Merizo Village, Guam. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 144.0657° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.8109° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 86.658 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 82 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 2025-08-10 15:24:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-10 15:43:25 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 312 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 1.1 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.12 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 133 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 us6000qzn1 Id of event.
Event Code 6000qzn1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qzn1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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