A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Taitung City in Taiwan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/10/15 / 2015-10-21 01:14:31 / October 21, 2015 @ 1:14 am. Exact location of event, longitude 121.1151 East, latitude 22.5015 North, depth = 5.52 km. The temblor was picked up at 09:14:31 / 9:14 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 5.52 km (3 miles). Event id: us10003rx2. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003rx2.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kaohsiung, Hengchun, Taitung City (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Kaohsiung (c. 1 519 700 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Taitung City (c. 109 600 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Hengchun (c. 31 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 28 km S of Taitung City, Taiwan.
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