A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Hualian in Taiwan. Exact location of earthquake, 122.0164° East, 24.1237° North, depth 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us700033d7. Ids that are associated to the event: us700033d7. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/04/19 / 2019-04-09 22:57:49 / April 9, 2019 @ 10:57 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:57:49 / 6:57 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 45 km (28 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yilan, Hualian.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 44 km ENE of Hualian, Taiwan.
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