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Light earthquake: M4.7 quake has struck near Pizitou in Taiwan

Posted by admin on December 29, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 23.5333S, 120.6525WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Pizitou in Taiwan on Sunday. Event id: us6000pgc2. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pgc2. The temblor was picked up at 19:51:35 / 7:51 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 20.064 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/12/24 / 2024-12-29 19:51:35 / December 29, 2024 @ 7:51 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 120.6525 East, latitude 23.5333 North, depth = 20.064 km.

Epicenter of the event was 68 km (42 miles) from Taichung (c. 1 040 700 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Tainan (c. 771 200 pop), 43 km (26 miles) from Nantou (c. 105 700 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Douliu (c. 104 700 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Zhongxing New Village (c. 25 500 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Lugu (c. 19 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tainan, Taichung, Puli. Close country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 one hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every 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.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 21 km ENE of Pizitou, Taiwan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 120.6525° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 23.5333° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 20.064 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 21 km ENE of Pizitou, Taiwan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-29 19:51:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-29 20:46:39 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 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 340 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 66 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.233 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.83 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 64 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 us6000pgc2 Id of event.
Event Code 6000pgc2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pgc2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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