A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Hualian in Taiwan on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, 121.7366° East, 24.054° North, depth 9.91 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 9.91 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 06/02/18 / 2018-02-06 20:56:22 / February 6, 2018 @ 8:56 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000chq1. Id of event: us1000chq1. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:56:22 / 4:56 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Daxi, Puli, Yilan. Event epicenter was 16 km (10 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Daxi (c. 84 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 15 km ENE of Hualian, Taiwan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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