Light earthquake: M4.7 quake has struck near Hualian in Taiwan

A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Hualian in Taiwan on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12.54 km (8 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 121.7864° East, 24.1836° North, depth 12.54 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000cfpc. Unique identifier: us1000cfpc. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:33:46 / 11:33 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/02/18 / 2018-02-04 15:33:46 / February 4, 2018 @ 3:33 pm.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Taipei, Banqiao, Daxi (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 99 km (62 miles) from Taipei (c. 7 871 900 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Banqiao (c. 543 300 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Daxi (c. 84 500 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 29 km NE of Hualian, Taiwan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	121.7864° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	24.1836° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	12.54 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	29km NE of Hualian, Taiwan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-02-04 15:33:46	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-02-04 16:54:18	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	480	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	340	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.175	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.45 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	73	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us1000cfpc	Id of event.
Event Code	1000cfpc	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us1000cfpc,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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