Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag has occurred near Yilan in Taiwan

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Yilan in Taiwan. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 122.0584 East, latitude 24.3891 North, depth = 28 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 28 km (17 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us6000dfmm. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000dfmm. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/02/21 / 2021-02-08 16:58:03 / February 8, 2021 @ 4:58 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 16:58:03 / 4:58 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taoyuan City, Daxi, Banqiao (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) from Taipei (c. 7 871 900 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Banqiao (c. 543 300 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Taoyuan City (c. 402 000 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Keelung (c. 397 500 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Daxi (c. 84 500 pop). Close 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 two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 51 km SE of Yilan, Taiwan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	122.0584° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	24.3891° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	28 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	51 km SE of Yilan, Taiwan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2021-02-08 16:58:03	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2021-02-08 17:15:53	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	4	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.8	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	418	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.474	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.79 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	57	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us6000dfmm	Id of event.
Event Code	6000dfmm	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000dfmm,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.2 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

122.0584° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

24.3891° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

28 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

51 km SE of Yilan, Taiwan

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2021-02-08 16:58:03

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2021-02-08 17:15:53

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.

Felt

The total number of felt reports

CDI

3.8

The maximum reported intensity for the event.

MMI

The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.

Alert Level

The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.

Review Status

reviewed

Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.

Tsunami

This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.

SIG

418

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.

Sources

,us,

A comma-separated list of network contributors.

Number of Stations Used

The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.

Horizontal Distance

0.474

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.79 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

mww

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us6000dfmm

Id of event.

Event Code

6000dfmm

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us6000dfmm,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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