A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Hualian in Taiwan on Saturday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005hck. Id of event: us10005hck. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 121.7934 East, latitude 24.149 North, depth = 5.72 km. The temblor was reported at 11:32:48 / 11:32 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/05/16 / 2016-05-14 03:32:48 / May 14, 2016 @ 3:32 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5.72 km (4 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 27 km (17 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Daxi (c. 84 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Daxi, Puli, Yilan (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 27 km NE of Hualian, Taiwan.
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