A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Yilan in Taiwan. Global time and date of event 19/10/15 / 2015-10-19 03:55:46 / October 19, 2015 @ 3:55 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us10003z5d. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003z5d. Exact location of earthquake, 121.96° East, 24.83° North, depth 16.3 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 16.3 km (10 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 11:55:46 / 11:55 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taoyuan City, Daxi, Banqiao (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 49 km (31 miles) from Taipei (c. 7 871 900 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Banqiao (c. 543 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Taoyuan City (c. 402 000 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Keelung (c. 397 500 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Daxi (c. 84 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 eight, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. 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: 22 km ENE of Yilan, Taiwan.
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