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Light earthquake 4.5 mag, 28 km N of Yigo Village, Guam


Earthquake location 13.7961S, 144.9025WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Yigo Village in Guam on Wednesday. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rcig. Unique identifier: us6000rcig. Exact location of earthquake, 144.9025° East, 13.7961° North, depth 127.061 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 127.061 km (79 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 12:20:46 / 12:20 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 24/09/25 / 2025-09-24 12:20:46 / September 24, 2025 @ 12:20 pm UTC/GMT.

Epicenter of the event was 32 km (20 miles) from Dededo Village (c. 44 900 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Yigo Village (c. 20 500 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village (c. 19 700 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Mangilao Village (c. 15 200 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Barrigada Village (c. 8 900 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Santa Rita Village (c. 7 500 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Mongmong-Toto-Maite Village (c. 6 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Guam (c. 159 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Merizo Village, Umatac Village, Inarajan Village (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 four and in the last 365 days seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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: 28 km N of Yigo Village, Guam. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 144.9025° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.7961° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 127.061 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 28 km N 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 2025-09-24 12:20:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-09-24 12:36:10 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 4 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.1 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 313 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 30 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.208 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.72 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 81 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 us6000rcig Id of event.
Event Code 6000rcig An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rcig, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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