A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Hualian in Taiwan. The temblor was detected at 22:13:12 / 10:13 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13.54 km (8 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/02/18 / 2018-02-04 14:13:12 / February 4, 2018 @ 2:13 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000cfnf. Id of event: us1000cfnf. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 13.54 km, 121.747° East, 24.163° North.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 101 km (63 miles) from Taipei (c. 7 871 900 pop), 108 km (67 miles) from Taichung (c. 1 040 700 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Banqiao (c. 543 300 pop), 106 km (66 miles) from Hsinchu (c. 404 100 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Taoyuan City (c. 402 000 pop), 107 km (67 miles) from Keelung (c. 397 500 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Taichung, Keelung, Hsinchu.
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 25 km NE of Hualian, Taiwan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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