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Moderate earthquake 5.2 mag, 4 km WSW of Yujing, Taiwan


Earthquake location 23.1043S, 120.4278WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Yujing in Taiwan. Event id: us6000pmct. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pmct. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude 120.4278° East, latitude 23.1043° 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 earthquake 25/01/25 / 2025-01-25 23:38:52 / January 25, 2025 @ 11:38 pm UTC/GMT. The 5.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:38:52 / 11:38 pm (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ma-kung, Zhongxing New Village, Nantou (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 56 km (34 miles) from Kaohsiung (c. 1 519 700 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Tainan (c. 771 200 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Taitung City (c. 109 600 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Nantou (c. 105 700 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Douliu (c. 104 700 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Ma-kung (c. 56 400 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Zhongxing New Village (c. 25 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 4 km WSW of Yujing, Taiwan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 120.4278° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 23.1043° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4 km WSW of Yujing, Taiwan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-01-25 23:38:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-25 23:56:06 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 416 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 96 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.269 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.95 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 33 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000pmct Id of event.
Event Code 6000pmct An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pmct, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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