Guam’s Pacific Daily News said the quake could be felt in high-rise buildings on the island, which is home to a major U.S. military base.
The U.S. Geological Survey also recorded a quake in the same area Guam, which it said on its Web site was of magnitude 6.8 and centered about 345 km (215 miles) south-southeast of Guam.
Guam , officially the Territory of Guam, is an island in the Western Pacific Ocean and is an organized unincorporated territory of the United States. The Chamorros, Guam’s indigenous inhabitants, first populated the island approximately 6,000 years ago. Guam is the largest and southernmost of the Mariana Islands. Guam’s capital is Hagatña, formerly Agana. Guam’s economy is mainly supported by tourism and United States armed forces bases.
Guam’s economy depends primarily on tourism, the United States military base presence, and other federal spending. Although Guam receives no foreign aid, it does receive large transfer payments from the general revenues of the U.S. federal treasury into which Guam pays no income or excise taxes; under the provisions of a special law of Congress, the Guam treasury, rather than the U.S.
