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Strong earthquake: M6.1 quake has struck near Yigo Village in Guam

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A earthquake with magnitude 6.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 117 kilometers (73 miles) from Yigo Village in Guam. Unique identifier: pt25222000. Ids that are associated to the event: pt25222000. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 04:56:49 / 4:56 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/08/25 / 2025-08-10 04:56:49 / August 10, 2025 @ 4:56 am. Exact location of earthquake, 145.87° East, 13.075° North, depth 10 km.

Country/countries that might be effected, Guam (c. 159 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Barrigada Village, Inarajan Village, Mangilao Village. Earthquake epicenter was 122 km (76 miles) from Dededo Village (c. 44 900 pop), 118 km (73 miles) from Yigo Village (c. 20 500 pop), 123 km (76 miles) from Mangilao Village (c. 15 200 pop), 124 km (77 miles) from Barrigada Village (c. 8 900 pop), 123 km (77 miles) from Inarajan Village (c. 3 100 pop).

Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. Every year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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: 117 km ESE of Yigo Village, Guam.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	6.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	145.87° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	13.075° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	117 km ESE 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 04:56:49	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-08-10 05:09:24	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	17	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.3	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	580	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	pt	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,pt,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	9	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance		Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	158.399987328	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	Mi	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	pt25222000	Id of event.
Event Code	25222000	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pt25222000,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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