A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Taitung City in Taiwan on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/04/18 / 2018-04-21 10:56:54 / April 21, 2018 @ 10:56 am. Unique identifier: us1000dptw. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000dptw. Exact location, longitude 121.6734° East, latitude 23.018° North, depth = 21.07 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:56:54 / 6:56 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 21.07 km (13 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 61 km (38 miles) from Taitung City (c. 109 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taitung City (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 61 km ENE of Taitung City, Taiwan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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