A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Taitung City in Taiwan. Unique identifier: us20007ccf. Ids that are associated to the event: us20007ccf. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 17.18 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 23:51:59 / 11:51 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 121.4421 East, latitude 22.6193 North, depth = 17.18 km. Global time and date of event 06/10/16 / 2016-10-06 15:51:59 / October 6, 2016 @ 3:51 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Event epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) from Taitung City (c. 109 600 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Hengchun (c. 31 300 pop), 115 km (72 miles) from Yujing (c. 16 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yujing, Hengchun, Taitung City.
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 thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. 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: 34 km ESE of Taitung City, Taiwan.
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