A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Hualian in Taiwan on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 121.6245 East, latitude 23.9423 North, depth = 7.96 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 7.96 km (5 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 05:02:49 / 5:02 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000d39n. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000d39n. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/02/18 / 2018-02-06 21:02:49 / February 6, 2018 @ 9:02 pm.
Country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 4 km (3 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Lugu (c. 19 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yilan, Lugu, Puli.
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-one, in the last 10 days fourty-four, in the past 30 days fourty-four and in the last 365 days sixty-eight 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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