A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Taitung City in Taiwan. The temblor was reported at 05:09:42 / 5:09 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 13.76 km (9 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/11/15 / 2015-11-01 21:09:42 / November 1, 2015 @ 9:09 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 121.5919° East, 22.8025° North, depth 13.76 km. Unique identifier: us2000417s. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000417s. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taitung City (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 46 km (29 miles) from Taitung City (c. 109 600 pop).
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 fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.
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Mark
My aunt is in Tainan City,Taiwan and she said it was very strong