A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Su’ao in Taiwan. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/11/15 / 2015-11-03 00:46:20 / November 3, 2015 @ 12:46 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 53.5 km (33 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us10003xqb. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003xqb. The temblor was picked up at 08:46:20 / 8:46 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 121.71° East, 24.46° North, depth 53.5 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 68 km (42 miles) from Taipei (c. 7 871 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Banqiao (c. 543 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Hsinchu (c. 404 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Taoyuan City (c. 402 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Keelung (c. 397 500 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puli, Hsinchu, Keelung (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 21 km SW of Su’ao, Taiwan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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