A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Taitung City in Taiwan on Friday. Id of earthquake: us10007t7s. Event ids that are associated: us10007t7s. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:04:59 / 9:04 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/12/16 / 2016-12-16 01:04:59 / December 16, 2016 @ 1:04 am. Exact location, longitude 121.1609° East, latitude 22.9956° North, depth = 10 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yujing, Taitung City (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). The epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Taitung City (c. 109 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Yujing (c. 16 600 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 four and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 26 km N of Taitung City, Taiwan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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