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Moderate earthquake, 5.7 mag has occurred near Merizo Village in Guam

Posted by admin on December 24, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 11.7649S, 143.364WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 218 km SW of Merizo Village, Guam (135 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 15:00:35 / 3:00 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 24/12/25 / 2025-12-24 15:00:35 / December 24, 2025 @ 3:00 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 143.364° East, 11.7649° North. Id of earthquake: us7000rkkk. Event ids that are associated: us7000rkkk, pt25358002. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 218 km SW of Merizo Village, Guam.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 143.364° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 11.7649° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 218 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 2025-12-24 15:00:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-12-24 15:20:49 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 500 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,pt, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 164 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.179 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.57 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 62 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 us7000rkkk Id of event.
Event Code 7000rkkk An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000rkkk,pt25358002, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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