A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Yonakuni in Japan on Saturday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 27.1 km (17 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/08/15 / 2015-08-08 00:03:02 / August 8, 2015 @ 12:03 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100034rb. Id of event: us100034rb. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:03:02 / 8:03 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 122.4955° East, 23.9117° North, depth 27.1 km.
Epicenter of the event was 91 km (56 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hualian. Country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 80 km SW of Yonakuni, Japan.
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