A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 174 km E of Taitung, Taiwan (108 miles) on Sunday. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:21:45 / 9:21 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 122.8484° East, latitude 22.7876° North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us20005iku. Unique identifier: us20005iku. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/04/16 / 2016-04-10 13:21:45 / April 10, 2016 @ 1:21 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
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 two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 174 km E of Taitung, Taiwan.
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