A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Hualian in Taiwan on Saturday. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:12:02 / 11:12 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 121.7833° East, latitude 24.1656° North, depth = 9.63 km. Unique identifier: us10005hcg. Ids that are associated to the event: us10005hcg. 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: 14/05/16 / 2016-05-14 03:12:02 / May 14, 2016 @ 3:12 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.63 km (6 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Daxi, Puli, Yilan. Close country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Event epicenter was 28 km (17 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Daxi (c. 84 500 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 27 km NE of Hualian, Taiwan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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