A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Hualian in Taiwan on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 121.7286 East, latitude 24.0502 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 11:36:19 / 11:36 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 07/02/18 / 2018-02-07 03:36:19 / February 7, 2018 @ 3:36 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000ci2j. Unique identifier: us1000ci2j.
Epicenter of the event was 15 km (9 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yilan, Puli, Hualian. Close country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. 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: 15 km ENE of Hualian, Taiwan.
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