A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Yonakuni in Japan. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 126.19 km (78 miles). Unique identifier: us1000eyp6. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000eyp6. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 122.6105 East, latitude 24.8345 North, depth = 126.19 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:06:15 / 11:06 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/06/18 / 2018-06-18 15:06:15 / June 18, 2018 @ 3:06 pm.
The epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Keelung (c. 397 500 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Keelung, Yilan (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-six 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.
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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. 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: 56 km NW of Yonakuni, Japan.
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