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Light earthquake, 4 mag strikes near Dededo Village in Guam

Posted by admin on August 29, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 13.913S, 144.6924WA light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Dededo Village in Guam. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/08/25 / 2025-08-05 22:17:29 / August 5, 2025 @ 10:17 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000qrq2. Unique identifier: us7000qrq2. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 198.262 km (123 miles). Exact location, longitude 144.6924° East, latitude 13.913° North, depth = 198.262 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:17:29 / 10:17 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries, Guam (c. 159 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Merizo Village, Inarajan Village, Umatac Village (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Dededo Village (c. 44 900 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Yigo Village (c. 20 500 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village (c. 19 700 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Mangilao Village (c. 15 200 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from Barrigada Village (c. 8 900 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Santa Rita Village (c. 7 500 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 46 km NNW of Dededo Village, Guam. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 144.6924° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.913° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 198.262 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 46 km NNW of Dededo 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 2025-08-05 22:17:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-29 03:03:33 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 246 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 15 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.364 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.37 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 113 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 us7000qrq2 Id of event.
Event Code 7000qrq2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000qrq2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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