A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Asan-Maina Village in Guam. Exact location of event, longitude 144.6715 East, latitude 13.7556 North, depth = 162.881 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qhqb. Id of event: us6000qhqb. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 17:35:36 / 5:35 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 162.881 km (101 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 20/05/25 / 2025-05-20 17:35:36 / May 20, 2025 @ 5:35 pm UTC/GMT.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Guam (c. 159 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Merizo Village, Inarajan Village, Umatac Village (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 32 km (20 miles) from Dededo Village (c. 44 900 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Yigo Village (c. 20 500 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village (c. 19 700 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Mangilao Village (c. 15 200 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Barrigada Village (c. 8 900 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Santa Rita Village (c. 7 500 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 31 km N of Asan-Maina Village, Guam.

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