A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Hengchun in Taiwan. Exact location of earthquake, 120.9862° East, 21.2614° North, depth 34.63 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 34.63 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:51:01 / 12:51 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 29/04/17 / 2017-04-29 16:51:01 / April 29, 2017 @ 4:51 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us10008m1b. Ids that are associated to the event: us10008m1b.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hengchun. Epicenter of the event was 86 km (54 miles) from Hengchun (c. 31 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 85 km SSE of Hengchun, Taiwan.
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