A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Yilan in Taiwan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 122.0774° East, 24.7979° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/01/25 / 2025-01-03 05:52:35 / January 3, 2025 @ 5:52 am. The temblor was detected at 05:52:35 / 5:52 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000phdq. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000phdq. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taoyuan City, Daxi, Banqiao (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 62 km (38 miles) from Taipei (c. 7 871 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Banqiao (c. 543 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Taoyuan City (c. 402 000 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Keelung (c. 397 500 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Daxi (c. 84 500 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 one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 33 km E of Yilan, Taiwan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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