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Strong earthquake, 6.1 mag has occurred near Hualian in Taiwan


Earthquake location 24.1009S, 121.6576WA earthquake with magnitude 6.1 (ml/mb) was reported 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Hualian in Taiwan on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/02/18 / 2018-02-04 13:56:41 / February 4, 2018 @ 1:56 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 121.6576° East, 24.1009° North, depth 7.82 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 7.82 km (5 miles). The temblor was picked up at 21:56:41 / 9:56 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000cfn6. Unique identifier: us1000cfn6.

Event epicenter was 106 km (66 miles) from Taipei (c. 7 871 900 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Taichung (c. 1 040 700 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Banqiao (c. 543 300 pop), 105 km (65 miles) from Hsinchu (c. 404 100 pop), 106 km (66 miles) from Taoyuan City (c. 402 000 pop), 115 km (71 miles) from Keelung (c. 397 500 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Nantou (c. 105 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Douliu, Keelung, Taipei (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop).

Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 135 quakes in the world each year.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 14 km NNE of Hualian, Taiwan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 121.6576° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 24.1009° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 7.82 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14km NNE 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 13:56:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-02-04 14:17:43 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 78 The total number of felt reports
CDI 5.4 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 7.28 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 615 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 0.092 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.74 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 30 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us1000cfn6 Id of event.
Event Code 1000cfn6 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000cfn6, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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