A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Hengchun in Taiwan on Sunday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 120.6188 East, latitude 21.5595 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/12/16 / 2016-12-10 22:08:38 / December 10, 2016 @ 10:08 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007zuq. Id of event: us20007zuq. The temblor was detected at 06:08:38 / 6:08 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hengchun (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 51 km (32 miles) from Hengchun (c. 31 300 pop).
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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
Did you feel it?
How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 50 km SSW of Hengchun, Taiwan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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