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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag was detected near Merizo Village in Guam

Posted by admin on December 24, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 13.0455S, 144.6313WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Merizo Village in Guam on Wednesday. The temblor was picked up at 13:33:58 / 1:33 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 50.646 km, 144.6313° East, 13.0455° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000rkke. Unique identifier: us7000rkke. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 50.646 km (31 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 24/12/25 / 2025-12-24 13:33:58 / December 24, 2025 @ 1:33 pm UTC/GMT.

Event epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) from Dededo Village (c. 44 900 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Yigo Village (c. 20 500 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village (c. 19 700 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Mangilao Village (c. 15 200 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Barrigada Village (c. 8 900 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Santa Rita Village (c. 7 500 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Mongmong-Toto-Maite Village (c. 6 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Guam (c. 159 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yigo Village, Dededo Village, Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 24 km S of Merizo Village, Guam. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 144.6313° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.0455° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 50.646 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 24 km S 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 13:33:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-12-24 13:54:12 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 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 385 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 88 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.449 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.5 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 136 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 us7000rkke Id of event.
Event Code 7000rkke An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000rkke, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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