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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Hualian in Taiwan

Posted by admin on February 20, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 24.1032S, 121.619WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Hualian in Taiwan on Tuesday. Exact location, longitude 121.619° East, latitude 24.1032° North, depth = 8 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/02/18 / 2018-02-06 15:59:20 / February 6, 2018 @ 3:59 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us2000d39z. Event ids that are associated: us2000d39z. The epicenter was at a depth of 8 km (5 miles). The temblor was reported at 23:59:20 / 11:59 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Daxi, Yilan, Puli (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 14 km (9 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Daxi (c. 84 500 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-seven, in the last 10 days fourty, in the past 30 days fourty-one and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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: 14 km N of Hualian, Taiwan.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 121.619° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 24.1032° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 8 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14km N 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 2018-02-06 15:59:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-02-20 17:05:53 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 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 298 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 0.073 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.41 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 96 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us2000d39z Id of event.
Event Code 2000d39z An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000d39z, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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