A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Pizitou in Taiwan. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nnfr. Unique identifier: us7000nnfr. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:56:54 / 6:56 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 27/10/24 / 2024-10-27 06:56:54 / October 27, 2024 @ 6:56 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 120.447 East, latitude 23.4181 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
The epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Kaohsiung (c. 1 519 700 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Taichung (c. 1 040 700 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Tainan (c. 771 200 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Nantou (c. 105 700 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Douliu (c. 104 700 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kaohsiung, Ma-kung, Taichung. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eleven 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. 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: 7 km S of Pizitou, Taiwan.
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