A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Yujing in Taiwan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:00:31 / 1:00 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000pmam. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pmam. Exact location of earthquake, 120.4426° East, 23.2642° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/01/25 / 2025-01-25 13:00:31 / January 25, 2025 @ 1:00 pm.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puli, Ma-kung, Taitung City (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 73 km (46 miles) from Kaohsiung (c. 1 519 700 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Tainan (c. 771 200 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Taitung City (c. 109 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Nantou (c. 105 700 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from Douliu (c. 104 700 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Ma-kung (c. 56 400 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. 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: 15 km N of Yujing, Taiwan.
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