A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Yonakuni in Japan. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 23.26 km (14 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 28/12/15 / 2015-12-28 18:35:27 / December 28, 2015 @ 6:35 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 122.5518 East, latitude 23.8325 North, depth = 23.26 km. The temblor was picked up at 02:35:27 / 2:35 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us10004a4e. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004a4e.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hualian. The epicenter was 98 km (61 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop). Nearby 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. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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: 83 km SSW of Yonakuni, Japan.
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