A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Taitung City in Taiwan. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:19:08 / 5:19 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 06/06/18 / 2018-06-06 21:19:08 / June 6, 2018 @ 9:19 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 121.4818° East, 22.145° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us1000elcw. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000elcw.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 77 km (48 miles) from Taitung City (c. 109 600 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Hengchun (c. 31 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hengchun, Taitung City.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 76 km SSE of Taitung City, Taiwan.
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