A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Hualian in Taiwan. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 20.24 km (13 miles). Exact location, longitude 122.3588° East, latitude 23.9102° North, depth = 20.24 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:58:40 / 9:58 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/06/18 / 2018-06-13 01:58:40 / June 13, 2018 @ 1:58 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000evka. Unique identifier: us1000evka.
Close country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 77 km (48 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hualian (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days eighty-six 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. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 77 km E of Hualian, Taiwan.
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