A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Hualian in Taiwan. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 22:05:24 / 10:05 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 121.8778 East, latitude 24.1537 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 04/02/18 / 2018-02-04 14:05:24 / February 4, 2018 @ 2:05 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us2000d26c. Event ids that are associated: us2000d26c.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puli, Yilan, Hualian (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-six, in the last 10 days thirty-seven, in the past 30 days thirty-eight and in the last 365 days sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 34 km NE of Hualian, Taiwan.
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