A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Hualian in Taiwan on Wednesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000c3nr. Id of event: us2000c3nr. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 07:17:38 / 7:17 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 122.3034° East, 24.0458° North, depth 19.1 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 19.1 km (12 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 12/12/17 / 2017-12-12 23:17:38 / December 12, 2017 @ 11:17 pm UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hualian. Nearby country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 71 km E of Hualian, Taiwan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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