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M5.3 earthquake 42 km NNE of Yigo Village, Guam

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck 42 km NNE of Yigo Village, Guam at 13:58 local time (03:58 UTC) on 10 Oct 2026, at a depth of 112 km, according to USGS and GFZ.

Reported by 2 agencies · revised from M5.4

Data: USGS, GFZ · updated 2026-10-10 04:10 UTC · reviewed

Magnitude
5.3moderate
body-wave magnitude (mb)
revised from 5.4
Depth
111.6 km
Status
Reviewed
Origin time
2026-10-10 03:58:18 UTC
Local: 10 Oct 2026, 13:58:18 (Pacific/Guam)
Epicentre
13.859° N, 145.089° E

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Nearby places

Distance and estimated shaking at nearby places
PlaceDistanceEst. shaking
Yigo VillageYigo, Guam · pop. 20,53942 kmIIIWeak
Dededo VillageDededo, Guam · pop. 44,94346 kmIIIWeak

Shaking is an estimate from the intensity prediction equation of Allen, Wald & Worden (2012), not an observation. Local ground and buildings can change it by a level or more. Likely felt out to about 137 km.

Every agency's solution

Agencies locate earthquakes with their own stations and methods, so their numbers differ. We match reports of the same event by time, distance and magnitude and show them side by side. The headline uses USGS, which has been reviewed by an analyst.

AgencyMagnitudeDepthEpicentreTime offsetStatus
GFZGFZ via GEOFON, GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences5.5 mbwas 5.4105.3 km13.85° N, 145.05° E+0.2 sAutomatic · 1 revision
USGSheadlineUSGS NEIC via U.S. Geological Survey5.3 mb111.6 km13.86° N, 145.09° E–Reviewed

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How big was it?

Felt by most people over a wide area. Can damage poorly built structures close to the epicentre.

It released roughly the energy of 1.3 kt of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step means about 32 times more energy and 10 times larger waves on a seismogram. Depth matters too: at 112 km this was a intermediate-depth earthquake, which spreads shaking over a wider area but less intensely.

M5.3 releases about 32× the energy of M4.3, and its waves are about 10× taller on a seismogram. Energy: 1.3 kt of TNT vs 43 t of TNT.

Each square is the energy of one M4.3. Energy from log₁₀E = 1.5M + 4.8.

Aftershocks and nearby activity

No later earthquakes have been recorded within 56 km so far. Aftershock rates usually fall off roughly in proportion to 1/time.

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Event id gfz2026tvns. First recorded here 10 Oct 2026, 04:08:12 UTC. Solutions: GFZ (geofon:gfz2026tvns); USGS (usgs:us6000u1cd). Cite as: SeismoAtlas, “M5.3 earthquake 42 km NNE of Yigo Village, Guam”, https://seismoatlas.com/earthquake/gfz2026tvns-m5-3-earthquake-42-km-nne-of-yigo-village-guam, data from USGS, GFZ.

JSON: /api/v1/events/gfz2026tvns. SeismoAtlas is not an official warning service.