A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Hengchun in Taiwan. Exact location of earthquake, 121.0598° East, 21.2449° North, depth 36.47 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 13/06/18 / 2018-06-13 02:16:15 / June 13, 2018 @ 2:16 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 36.47 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:16:15 / 10:16 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000epik. Unique identifier: us1000epik.
Country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hengchun (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 91 km (56 miles) from Hengchun (c. 31 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
Did you feel anything?
What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 90 km SSE of Hengchun, Taiwan.
Copyright © 2018 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply