A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Buli in Taiwan on Wednesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 32.75 km (20 miles). The temblor was picked up at 20:55:32 / 8:55 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 20/07/16 / 2016-07-20 12:55:32 / July 20, 2016 @ 12:55 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 120.96 East, latitude 24.1636 North, depth = 32.75 km. Event id: us20006hhb. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20006hhb.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Daxi, Hsinchu, Hualian (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 28 km (17 miles) from Taichung (c. 1 040 700 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Hsinchu (c. 404 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Nantou (c. 105 700 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Douliu (c. 104 700 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 21 km N of Buli, Taiwan.
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