A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Hualian in Taiwan on Monday. Event id: us20005z4i. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005z4i. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/05/16 / 2016-05-30 02:52:47 / May 30, 2016 @ 2:52 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:52:47 / 10:52 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12.08 km (8 miles). Exact location, longitude 121.7555° East, latitude 24.114° North, depth = 12.08 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puli, Yilan, Hualian (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 22 km (13 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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