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Strong mag. 5.7 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 196 km south of Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village, Guam, on Monday, Feb 14, 2022 at 6:29 am (GMT +10) -

Strong mag. 5.7 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 196 km south of Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village, Guam, on Monday, Feb 14, 2022 at 6:29 am (GMT +10) Strong mag. 5.7 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 196 km south of Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village, Guam, on Monday, Feb 14, 2022 at 6:29 am (GMT +10)

Strong magnitude 5.7 earthquake at 10 km depth

13 Feb 20:34 UTC: First to report: VolcanoDiscovery after 5 minutes.
13 Feb 20:36: Now using data updates from GFZ
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13 Feb 20:46: Magnitude recalculated from 6.2 to 5.7. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 44.1 to 10.0 km (from 27 to 6.2 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 18 km (10.9 mi) towards NW.

Earthquake details

Date & timeFeb 13, 2022 20:29:45 UTC -
Local time at epicenterMonday, Feb 14, 2022 at 6:29 am (GMT +10)
StatusConfirmed
Magnitude5.7
Depth10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude11.7882°N / 144.3012°E (North Pacific Ocean, Guam)
Antipode11.788°S / 35.699°W
Shaking intensityLight shaking
Felt10 reports
Primary data sourceUSGS (United States Geological Survey)
Nearest volcanoSeamount X (165 km / 103 mi)
Nearby towns and cities173 km (107 mi) SSW of Umatac Village (pop: 903) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
181 km (113 mi) SSW of Talofofo Village (pop: 3,220) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
182 km (113 mi) SSW of Agat Village (pop: 5,660) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
194 km (120 mi) SSW of Agaña (pop: 1,050) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
196 km (122 mi) SSW of Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village (pop: 19,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
201 km (125 mi) SSW of Dededo Village (pop: 44,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
205 km (127 mi) SSW of Yigo Village (pop: 20,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
381 km (237 mi) SSW of San Jose (Northern Mariana Islands) (pop: 15,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
412 km (256 mi) SSW of Saipan (Northern Mariana Islands) (pop: 48,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
189 km (118 mi) SSW of Guayan Island (pop: 159,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quakeOvercast Clouds 27°C (81 F), humidity: 77%, wind: 12 m/s (23 kts) from ENE
Estimated seismic energy released2.2 x 1013 joules (6.22 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 5351 tons of TNT or 0.3 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

Info: The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.
Mag.DepthLocationSource
5.710 km176 Km S of Merizo Village, GuamUSGS
5.710 kmGuam: SOUTH OF MARIANA ISLANDSEMSC
6.010 kmGuam: South of Mariana IslandsGFZ
6.010 kmGuam: South of Mariana IslandsRaspberryShake
5.810 kmGuam: Near JayapuraRENASS
6.110 kmGuam: South of Mariana IslandsGeoAu
6.210.2 kmNorthern Mariana Islands-Guam [Sea]INGV

User reports for this quake (11)

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Tamuning (196.8 km NNE of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 10-15 s : 5th floor. Horizontal shaking. Heavy bed was rocking. Slight creaking. | 2 users found this interesting.  
Tamuning (196.7 km NNE of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) / 10-15 s : Sleeping | One user found this interesting.  
Westin Hotel / Weak shaking (MMI III) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 10-15 s : Room shook gently for 20 seconds | One user found this interesting.  
Tamuning, Guam / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / single vertical bump / very short : Strong thud | One user found this interesting.  
Santa Rita (185.9 km NNE of epicenter) [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 10-15 s
Guam (199.7 km NNE of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III)
Tamuning, Guam (199.2 km NNE of epicenter) [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / rattling, vibrating / 5-10 s
Tumon / Weak shaking (MMI III) / rattling, vibrating / 2-5 s
Tamuning, sheraton hotel / Weak shaking (MMI III) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 2-5 s
Mangilao, in my room I normally hear it before I f / not felt
Santa Rita / Weak shaking (MMI III) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 5-10 s

Aftershocks

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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (14 quakes)

Date and timeMag
Depth
LocationDetails
Mar 30, 2022 18:06
51 weeks ago
4.5

10 km
North Pacific Ocean, 198 km S of Dededo Village, GuamMore
Mar 20, 2022 02:13
1 year 1 weeks ago
4.7

10 km
North Pacific Ocean, 198 km S of Dededo Village, GuamMore
Feb 26, 2022 13:28
1 year 4 weeks ago
4.8

33 km
North Pacific Ocean, 204 km S of Dededo Village, GuamMore
Feb 25, 2022 23:54
1 year 4 weeks ago
4.6

10 km
North Pacific Ocean, 183 km S of Dededo Village, GuamMore
Feb 25, 2022 23:45
1 year 4 weeks ago
5.0

10 km
North Pacific Ocean, 192 km S of Dededo Village, GuamMore
Feb 25, 2022 23:16
1 year 4 weeks ago
4.7

10 km
North Pacific Ocean, 194 km S of Dededo Village, GuamMore
Feb 21, 2022 11:09
1 year 4 weeks ago
5.1

10 km
North Pacific Ocean, 196 km S of Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village, GuamMore
Feb 15, 2022 13:33
1 year 5 weeks ago
4.5

10 km
North Pacific Ocean, 197 km S of Dededo Village, GuamMore
Feb 14, 2022 15:14
1 year 5 weeks ago
4.5

10 km
North Pacific Ocean, 198 km S of Dededo Village, GuamMore
Feb 14, 2022 02:05
1 year 5 weeks ago
4.6

10 km
North Pacific Ocean, 191 km S of Dededo Village, GuamMore
Feb 13, 2022 23:13
1 year 5 weeks ago
4.6

10 km
North Pacific Ocean, 195 km S of Dededo Village, GuamMore
Feb 13, 2022 22:09
1 year 5 weeks ago
4.7

10 km
North Pacific Ocean, 197 km S of Dededo Village, GuamMore
Feb 13, 2022 21:37
1 year 5 weeks ago
4.8

10 km
North Pacific Ocean, 204 km S of Dededo Village, GuamMore
Feb 13, 2022 20:49
1 year 5 weeks ago
5.3

10 km
North Pacific Ocean, 196 km S of Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon Village, GuamMore

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