A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Donggang in Taiwan. Id of earthquake: us6000pmbc. Event ids that are associated: us6000pmbc. The temblor was detected at 16:10:48 / 4:10 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 120.66 East, latitude 22.6771 North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/01/25 / 2025-01-25 16:10:48 / January 25, 2025 @ 4:10 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
The epicenter was 36 km (23 miles) from Kaohsiung (c. 1 519 700 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Tainan (c. 771 200 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Taitung City (c. 109 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Hengchun (c. 31 300 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Yujing (c. 16 600 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hengchun, Tainan, Yujing.
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 31 km NE of Donggang, Taiwan.
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