A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Yonakuni in Japan. Unique identifier: us20002zt9. Ids that are associated to the event: us20002zt9. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13.86 km (9 miles). Exact location, longitude 122.493° East, latitude 23.793° North, depth = 13.86 km. Global time and date of event 06/07/15 / 2015-07-06 01:34:41 / July 6, 2015 @ 1:34 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 09:34:41 / 9:34 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hualian (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 93 km (58 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 90 km SW of Yonakuni, Japan.
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