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Moderate earthquake: M5.9 quake has struck near Yigo Village in Guam

Posted by admin on August 10, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 12.9965S, 145.6334WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 100 kilometers (62 miles) from Yigo Village in Guam. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 10/08/25 / 2025-08-10 04:56:48 / August 10, 2025 @ 4:56 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt25222000, us6000qzki. Id of event: us6000qzki. The 5.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:56:48 / 4:56 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 145.6334° East, 12.9965° North.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 104 km (64 miles) from Dededo Village (c. 44 900 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Yigo Village (c. 20 500 pop), 107 km (67 miles) from Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village (c. 19 700 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Mangilao Village (c. 15 200 pop), 104 km (65 miles) from Barrigada Village (c. 8 900 pop), 113 km (70 miles) from Santa Rita Village (c. 7 500 pop), 106 km (66 miles) from Mongmong-Toto-Maite Village (c. 6 800 pop), 107 km (67 miles) from Chalan Pago-Ordot Village (c. 6 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Agat Village, Piti Village, Santa Rita Village (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Guam (c. 159 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. 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: 100 km SE of Yigo Village, Guam.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 145.6334° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.9965° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 100 km SE of Yigo 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 04:56:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-10 05:16:59 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 25 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.6 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 545 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 ,pt,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 103 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.95 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.21 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 75 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000qzki Id of event.
Event Code 6000qzki An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt25222000,us6000qzki, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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