A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Yilan in Taiwan. The temblor was reported at 21:35:41 / 9:35 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 122.1208° East, 24.8587° North, depth 102.69 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/08/16 / 2016-08-12 13:35:41 / August 12, 2016 @ 1:35 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006edk. Id of event: us10006edk. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 102.69 km (64 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Taipei (c. 7 871 900 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Banqiao (c. 543 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Taoyuan City (c. 402 000 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Keelung (c. 397 500 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Daxi (c. 84 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taoyuan City, Daxi, Banqiao (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 38 km ENE of Yilan, Taiwan.
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