A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Su’ao in Taiwan. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7.22 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 122.0504 East, latitude 24.7898 North, depth = 7.22 km. Event id: us20003fl5. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003fl5. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:18:13 / 10:18 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 02/09/15 / 2015-09-02 02:18:13 / September 2, 2015 @ 2:18 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Taipei (c. 7 871 900 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Banqiao (c. 543 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Taoyuan City (c. 402 000 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Keelung (c. 397 500 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Daxi (c. 84 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taoyuan City, Daxi, Banqiao. Country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 29 km NE of Su’ao, Taiwan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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