A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Su’ao in Taiwan. Global time and date of event 30/12/16 / 2016-12-30 00:30:51 / December 30, 2016 @ 12:30 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 75.26 km (47 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 122.0615 East, latitude 24.7947 North, depth = 75.26 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us10007nma. Unique identifier: us10007nma. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:30:51 / 8:30 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 60 km (38 miles) from Taipei (c. 7 871 900 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Banqiao (c. 543 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Taoyuan City (c. 402 000 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Keelung (c. 397 500 pop), 31 km (20 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Daxi (c. 84 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taoyuan City, Daxi, Banqiao (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 30 km NE of Su’ao, Taiwan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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