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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Merizo Village in Guam


Earthquake location 12.7574S, 144.0246WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Merizo Village in Guam on Monday. Unique identifier: us6000ru6n. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000ru6n. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 10:22:39 / 10:22 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 144.0246 East, latitude 12.7574 North, depth = 137.765 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/11/25 / 2025-11-24 10:22:39 / November 24, 2025 @ 10:22 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 137.765 km (86 miles).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Umatac Village, Merizo Village. Earthquake epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Merizo Village (c. 2 200 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Umatac Village (c. 900 pop). Nearby 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 three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 89 km SW of Merizo Village, Guam. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 144.0246° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.7574° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 137.765 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 89 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 2025-11-24 10:22:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-12-16 14:28:49 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 298 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 21 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.166 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 67 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 us6000ru6n Id of event.
Event Code 6000ru6n An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000ru6n, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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