A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Keelung in Taiwan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 122.2057 East, latitude 25.0618 North, depth = 158.21 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 158.21 km (98 miles). The temblor was picked up at 22:50:04 / 10:50 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 04/07/16 / 2016-07-04 14:50:04 / July 4, 2016 @ 2:50 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us100062jz. Event ids that are associated: us100062jz.
Country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 68 km (42 miles) from Taipei (c. 7 871 900 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Banqiao (c. 543 300 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Keelung (c. 397 500 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Banqiao, Taipei, Yilan.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifty-nine 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 47 km E of Keelung, Taiwan.
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