A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Su’ao in Taiwan. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 87.1 km (54 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us10003xuc. Unique identifier: us10003xuc. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/11/15 / 2015-11-09 00:15:52 / November 9, 2015 @ 12:15 am. Exact location of earthquake, 122.4075° East, 24.5853° North, depth 87.1 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:15:52 / 8:15 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Keelung (c. 397 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Keelung, Yilan.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 56 km E of Su’ao, Taiwan.
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