- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- December 8, 2002 CE
- Location:
- 114 km SSW of Merizo Village, Guam
- Magnitude:
- 5.1 Mwc
- Depth:
- 33 km
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 5 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwc 5.1
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 7.1
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwc 5.4
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwc 7.1
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwc 5.2
Other earthquake records of 2002 CE
- Rwanda, Gisenyi · Mb 4.7 · 1,001 deaths
- Afghanistan, Hindu Kush: Baghlan, Nahrin · Mw 6.1 · 1,000 deaths
- Iran, Ab Garm-Abhar-Avaj-Shirin Su · Mw 6.5 · 261 deaths
- Afghanistan, Hindu Kush: Samanghan, Kabul, Rustaq · Mw 7.4 · 166 deaths
- Tajikistan / Afghanistan, Do Abi-Nahrin · Mw 5.9 · 50 deaths
- Indonesia, Sulawesi: Tojo · Mw 6.2 · 48 deaths
Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) Comprehensive Catalog (ComCat) · License: U.S. Public Domain (USGS) · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did M 5.1 - 114 km SSW of Merizo Village, Guam (2002 CE) happen?
- December 8, 2002 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from U.S. Geological Survey, Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) Comprehensive Catalog (ComCat); it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.