A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Su’ao in Taiwan on Friday. Exact location of event, longitude 121.9724 East, latitude 24.6947 North, depth = 8.78 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 8.78 km (5 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/05/16 / 2016-05-13 08:24:12 / May 13, 2016 @ 8:24 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us10005h1u. Unique identifier: us10005h1u. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:24:12 / 4:24 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Taipei (c. 7 871 900 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Banqiao (c. 543 300 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Hsinchu (c. 404 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Taoyuan City (c. 402 000 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Keelung (c. 397 500 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hsinchu, Hualian, Taoyuan City.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 16 km NE of Su’ao, Taiwan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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