A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Yonakuni in Japan. The epicenter was at a depth of 17.41 km (11 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007f1t. Id of event: us10007f1t. Exact location of earthquake, 122.4401° East, 23.9548° North, depth 17.41 km. The temblor was detected at 05:11:16 / 5:11 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 05/12/16 / 2016-12-05 21:11:16 / December 5, 2016 @ 9:11 pm UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 85 km (53 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hualian (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 80 km SW of Yonakuni, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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