A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Hualian in Taiwan. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/06/16 / 2016-06-14 13:54:29 / June 14, 2016 @ 1:54 pm. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:54:29 / 9:54 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us200065p5. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200065p5. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 36.8 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 121.9° East, latitude 23.99° North, depth = 36.8 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 30 km (19 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puli, Yilan, Hualian (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 30 km E of Hualian, Taiwan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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