A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. Exact location of earthquake, 122.2145° East, 24.2172° North, depth 29.1 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000ckw1. Unique identifier: us7000ckw1. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/11/20 / 2020-11-29 13:42:14 / November 29, 2020 @ 1:42 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 13:42:14 / 1:42 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 29.1 km (18 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yilan, Hualian (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 67 km (42 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop).
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 sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 67 km ENE of Hualien City, Taiwan.
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