A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Taitung City in Taiwan on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15.64 km (10 miles). The temblor was picked up at 13:32:34 / 1:32 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 121.5857 East, latitude 22.7573 North, depth = 15.64 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/11/15 / 2015-11-14 05:32:34 / November 14, 2015 @ 5:32 am. Unique identifier: us10003z8y. Ids that are associated to the event: us10003z8y.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taitung City. Epicenter of the earthquake was 45 km (28 miles) from Taitung City (c. 109 600 pop).
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 two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 45 km E of Taitung City, Taiwan.
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