A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Hualian in Taiwan. Unique identifier: us1000ci64. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000ci64. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/02/18 / 2018-02-07 10:19:46 / February 7, 2018 @ 10:19 am. The temblor was reported at 18:19:46 / 6:19 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 121.7547° East, 24.1545° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Puli, Yilan, Hualian (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 25 km (16 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 24 km NE of Hualian, Taiwan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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