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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag has occurred near Hengchun in Taiwan


Earthquake location 21.8022S, 121.1803WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Hengchun in Taiwan. Global time and date of event 27/07/24 / 2024-07-27 11:21:47 / July 27, 2024 @ 11:21 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 11:21:47 / 11:21 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 41.973 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us6000ngc7. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000ngc7. Exact location of event, depth 41.973 km, 121.1803° East, 21.8022° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Event epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Hengchun (c. 31 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hengchun (min 5000 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 50 km ESE of Hengchun, Taiwan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 121.1803° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 21.8022° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 41.973 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 50 km ESE of Hengchun, Taiwan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-27 11:21:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-27 11:39:22 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 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 400 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 85 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.015 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.9 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 59 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000ngc7 Id of event.
Event Code 6000ngc7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000ngc7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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