A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Yilan in Taiwan. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/02/16 / 2016-02-29 01:36:14 / February 29, 2016 @ 1:36 am. The temblor was detected at 09:36:14 / 9:36 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 111.38 km (69 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 121.7644° East, 24.886° North, depth 111.38 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004vsd. Id of event: us10004vsd.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hsinchu, Taoyuan City, Daxi (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). The epicenter was 30 km (18 miles) from Taipei (c. 7 871 900 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Banqiao (c. 543 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Hsinchu (c. 404 100 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Taoyuan City (c. 402 000 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Keelung (c. 397 500 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop).
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 one and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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