A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Taitung City in Taiwan. Event id: us10005i3w. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005i3w. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 43.52 km (27 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 121.6186 East, latitude 23.1954 North, depth = 43.52 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/05/16 / 2016-05-18 00:22:45 / May 18, 2016 @ 12:22 am. The temblor was picked up at 08:22:45 / 8:22 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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 Hualian, Taitung City. Epicenter of the event was 87 km (54 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Taitung City (c. 109 600 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 four, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 68 km NE of Taitung City, Taiwan.
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