A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Hengchun in Taiwan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000kc5f. Id of event: us2000kc5f. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 14:58:10 / 2:58 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 121.4781 East, latitude 22.094 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/04/19 / 2019-04-08 06:58:10 / April 8, 2019 @ 6:58 am.
The epicenter was 81 km (51 miles) from Taitung City (c. 109 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Hengchun (c. 31 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taitung City, Hengchun (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 76 km E of Hengchun, Taiwan.
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