A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Yilan in Taiwan on Monday. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:53:30 / 3:53 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 121.9164 East, latitude 24.8853 North, depth = 113.8 km. Id of earthquake: us200065gk. Event ids that are associated: us200065gk. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 113.8 km (71 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/06/16 / 2016-06-20 07:53:30 / June 20, 2016 @ 7:53 am.
Country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 43 km (27 miles) from Taipei (c. 7 871 900 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Banqiao (c. 543 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Taoyuan City (c. 402 000 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Keelung (c. 397 500 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Daxi (c. 84 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Taoyuan City, Daxi, Banqiao.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 21 km NE of Yilan, Taiwan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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