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M4.2 Earthquake near 69 km NE of Yigo Village, Guam

UTC time: 2025-01-27 20:57:34 UTC Local time: —
Magnitude
M4.2
Depth
112.8 km
Source
USGS

69 km NE of Yigo Village, Guam

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About this earthquake

On January 27, 2025 at 20:57 UTC, a magnitude M4.2 earthquake occurred near 69 km NE of Yigo Village, Guam. At around 113 km, the focal depth places this among intermediate-depth events. Tremors of this size are distinctly felt and can occasionally cause light damage.

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Details

ID
ba045988aee380439424664e12ecd870e0c6b94f
Magnitude
M4.2
Depth
112.8 km
UTC time
2025-01-27 20:57:34 UTC
Local time
—
Country
—
Source
usgs
Coordinates
14.04570, 145.26240

Depth profile

Depth profile Depth: 112.8 km (Intermediate) Surface Shallow Intermediate Deep 0 km 70 km 300 km 700 km 112.8 km
Intermediate
112.8 km
Why depth matters

Intermediate-depth quakes are felt across a wider area but usually cause less surface damage.

Depth classes per USGS

Volcanoes nearby

  • NW Rota-1
    Distance: 81 km ·Stratovolcano ·Elevation: -455 m ·Last eruption: 2010 ·United States
  • Esmeralda Bank
    Distance: 101 km ·Stratovolcano ·Elevation: -74 m ·United States
  • Seamount X
    Distance: 161 km ·Stratovolcano ·Elevation: -1'230 m ·United States
  • Forecast Seamount
    Distance: 162 km ·Stratovolcano ·Elevation: -1'456 m ·United States
  • Mariana Back-Arc Segment at 15.5°N
    Distance: 172 km ·Fissure vent ·Elevation: -4'100 m ·Last eruption: 2015 ·United States
  • Ruby
    Distance: 177 km ·Stratovolcano ·Elevation: -174 m ·Last eruption: 2023 ·United States

Radius · 50 km

Nearby infrastructure

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Airports

  • Rota International AirportNorthern Mariana Islands · ROP · PGRO
    14.4 kmStraight-line distance

Source: OurAirports · Dataset date: 2026-09-06

This selection shows geographic proximity, not a hazard zone or confirmed impacts. Distances use recorded site coordinates. Sources & data dates

No unambiguous area assignment

Context for this earthquake

This event has no unambiguous country assignment in the analysed catalogue. It is therefore not assigned to a regional profile.

Earthquake overview

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