A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Taitung City in Taiwan on Sunday. Event id: us60007afb. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60007afb. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 121.5988° East, 22.3126° North, depth 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:22:39 / 11:22 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 19/01/20 / 2020-01-19 03:22:39 / January 19, 2020 @ 3:22 am UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the event was 68 km (42 miles) from Taitung City (c. 109 600 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Hengchun (c. 31 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hengchun, Taitung City (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 67 km SE of Taitung City, Taiwan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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