A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Hualian in Taiwan on Monday. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/05/16 / 2016-05-02 14:29:00 / May 2, 2016 @ 2:29 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:29:00 / 10:29 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 121.7386° East, latitude 24.1635° North, depth = 12.06 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us10005d0w. Ids that are associated to the event: us10005d0w. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 12.06 km (7 miles).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Banqiao, Daxi, Puli (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). The epicenter was 98 km (61 miles) from Banqiao (c. 543 300 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Daxi (c. 84 500 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 seven, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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