A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Taitung City in Taiwan on Friday. Exact location of event, longitude 121.376 East, latitude 22.8143 North, depth = 47.46 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us2000j05k. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j05k. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 47.46 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 03/01/19 / 2019-01-03 22:59:25 / January 3, 2019 @ 10:59 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 06:59:25 / 6:59 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taitung City. Close country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 25 km (15 miles) from Taitung City (c. 109 600 pop).
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-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 24 km ENE of Taitung City, Taiwan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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